Rationality and Belief

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Ralph Wedgwood (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy, University of Southern California)

Rationality and Belief

Ralph Wedgwood (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy, University of Southern California)

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English

Oxford University Press
25 August 2023

Philosophy of language; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind

This book gives a general theory of rational belief. Although it can be read by itself, is a sequel to the author's previous book The Value of Rationality (Oxford, 2017). It takes the general conception of rationality that was defended in that earlier book, and combines it with an account of the varieties of belief, and of what it is for these beliefs to count as

By: Ralph Wedgwood (Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy University of Southern California)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198874492
ISBN 10: 0198874499
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 25 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ralph Wedgwood is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He was educated at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, at King's College London, and at Cornell University, and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and at Merton College, University of Oxford, before moving to California in 2012. His primary interests are in epistemology and ethics (including metaethics, normative ethical theory, and the history of ethics). He has published more than sixty articles and two previous books, The Nature of Normativity (Oxford, 2007) and The Value of Rationality (Oxford, 2017).