TY - JOUR
T1 - Normativity in reasoning
AU - Broome, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Author. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly © 2014 University of Southern California and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Reasoning is a process through which premise-attitudes give rise to a conclusion-attitude. When you reason actively you operate on the propositions that are the contents of your premise-attitudes, following a rule, to derive a new proposition that is the content of your conclusion-attitude. It may seem that, when you follow a rule, you must, at least implicitly, have the normative belief that you ought to comply with the rule, which guides you to comply. But I argue that to follow a rule is to manifest a particular sort of disposition, which can be interpreted as an intention. An intention is itself a guiding disposition. It can guide you to comply with a rule, and no normative belief is required.
AB - Reasoning is a process through which premise-attitudes give rise to a conclusion-attitude. When you reason actively you operate on the propositions that are the contents of your premise-attitudes, following a rule, to derive a new proposition that is the content of your conclusion-attitude. It may seem that, when you follow a rule, you must, at least implicitly, have the normative belief that you ought to comply with the rule, which guides you to comply. But I argue that to follow a rule is to manifest a particular sort of disposition, which can be interpreted as an intention. An intention is itself a guiding disposition. It can guide you to comply with a rule, and no normative belief is required.
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U2 - 10.1111/papq.12050
DO - 10.1111/papq.12050
M3 - Article
SN - 0279-0750
VL - 95
SP - 622
EP - 633
JO - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
JF - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -