Instrumental Reasoning Again

Type: 
Budapest colloquium talks
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Zrinyi u. 14
Room: 
412
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 5:30pm
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Date: 
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

I start by considering John Broome’s recent account of instrumental reasoning in some detail. After raising objections to it, I offer a very different picture of reasoning in general, which makes much more sense of the possibility of reasoning to a sufficient means. I than raise some difficulties for my own account.

A draft of a chapter from Prof Dancy's forthcoming book, which covers the material of the talk, is posted on the departmental colloquium's e-learning site.