Rules of Thought
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780199661800
Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Knowledge, theory of
Description: 'The Rules of Thought' develops a rationalist theory of mental content while defending a traditional epistemology of philosophy. Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa and Benjamin W. Jarvis contend that a capacity for pure rational thought is fundamental to mental content itself and underwrites our quotidian reasoning and extraordinary philosophical engagement alike.