Rationality: Contexts and Constraints is an interdisciplinary reappraisal of the nature of rationality. In method, it is pluralistic, drawing upon the analytic approaches of philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience, and more. These methods guide exploration of the intersection between traditional scholarship and cutting-edge philosophical or scientific research. In this way, the book contributes to development of a suitably revised, comprehensive understanding of rationality, one that befits the 21st century, one that is adequately informed by recent investigations of science, pathology, non-human thought, emotion, and even enigmatic Chinese texts that might previously have seemed to be expressions of irrationalism.
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Part I: Introduction
1. Rationality and its Contexts
Timothy Joseph Lane
Part II: Science
2. Bayesian Psychology and Human Rationality
Shaun Nichols & Richard Samuels
3. Scientific Rationality: Phlogiston as a Case Study
Jonathon Hricko
4. Cross-cultural Differences in Thinking: Some Thoughts on Psychological Paradigms
Ngar Yin Louis Lee
Part III: Pathology
5. Delusion and the Norms of Rationality
Tim Bayne
6. Outline of a Theory of Delusion: Irrationality and Pathological Belief
Ian Gold
7. Is Depressive Rumination Rational?
Timothy Joseph Lane & Georg Northoff
Part IV: Irrationality
8. Reason and Unreason in Chinese Philosophy
Yiu-ming Fung
9. Irrationally Intelligible or Rationally Unintelligible?
Wai Chun Leong
10. Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities?
Ting-mien Lee
Part V: Non-Human
11. Bridging the Logic-Based and Probability-Based Approaches to Artificial Intelligence
Hanti Lin
12. Rationality and Escherichia coli
Tzu-Wei Hung
Part VI: Communication and Emotion
13. Rational Belief and Evidence-Based Update
Eric McCready
14. Reason and Emotion in Xunzi’s Moral Psychology
Ellie Hua Wang
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Informed by what was learned in recent decades, this eye-opening book sketches a nuanced view of rationality, both human and non-human
Informed by what was learned in recent decades, this eye-opening book sketches a nuanced view of rationality, both human and non-human
Addresses recent challenges and Identifies a direction for future research on rationality
Investigates the relationship between rationality and mental disorders, such as delusion and depression
Assesses reasoning in artificial intelligence and nonhuman animals
Reflects on ancient Chinese Philosophy and possible cultural differences in human psychology
Employs philosophical reflection, along with linguistic, probabilistic, and logical techniques
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Product details
ISBN
9780128046005
Published
2016-09-05
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight
630 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
298