Description
The social practices and skills for giving, assessing, and responding to reasons play a key role in the constitution of uniquely human conceptual, epistemic, and deliberative powers. Although theorists in the past have articulated intriguing views on this topic, current research opens up new vistas that promise a deeper understanding of the way reason-seeking or -querying activities shape and scaffold the operations of human cognition. This volume offers resources for philosophers, cognitive scientists, developmental and comparative psychologists, and evolutionary anthropologists to continue this conversation.
Table of Contents
IntroductionLadislav KorenPart I: Social-Epistemological Perspectives Chapter 1: The Social Practice of Giving and Asking for ReasonsHilary Kornblith Chapter 2: Commitment Coordination and the Social Function of Reason-GivingJeremy Randel Koons Chapter 3: Second-Person NormativityGlenda Satne Part II: Logical Perspectives Chapter 4: Reasoning, Reason Relations, and Semantic ContentRobert Brandom Chapter 5: GOGAR and Logical TheoriesJaroslav Peregrin Chapter 6: Reasons for AskingJared Millson and Mark Risjord Chapter 7: Rejection as a Mental Act: Model-Theoretic and Proof-Theoretic VarietiesPreston Stovall Part III: Developmental Perspectives Chapter 8: Respect for Reasons in Human DevelopmentDavid Moshman Chapter 9: Reasoning and Trust: A Developmental PerspectiveBahar Köymen and Catarina Dutilh Novaes Chapter 10: Objectivity and the Space of ReasonsLadislav Koren Part IV: Evolutionary-Comparative Perspectives Chapter 11: Ways of Reasoning in Humans and Other AnimalsCathal O'Madagain Chapter 12: The Evolution of Articulated Reasons: Reasoning as Discursive Niche ConstructionJoseph Rouse Chapter 13: Rationality and Reflection in Human and Non-Human AnimalsGiacomo Melis Chapter 14: A Functionalist Approach to Additive and Transformative RationalityYannick Kohl
