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Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning

Jonathan Dancy

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Introduction 1: What Is the (Supposed) Problem about Practical Reasoning? 2: How Practical Reasoning is Possible 3: The Material Theory of Practical Reasoning 4: From the Practical to the Theoretical 5: Moral Reasoning 6: Taking Stock 7: Instrumental Reasoning 8: Reasoning to Normative Belief 9: Reasoning to Intention 10: Loose Ends

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Introduction 1: What Is the (Supposed) Problem about Practical Reasoning? 2: How Practical Reasoning is Possible 3: The Material Theory of Practical Reasoning 4: From the Practical to the Theoretical 5: Moral Reasoning 6: Taking Stock 7: Instrumental Reasoning 8: Reasoning to Normative Belief 9: Reasoning to Intention 10: Loose Ends

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Introduction 1: What Is the (Supposed) Problem about Practical Reasoning? 2: How Practical Reasoning is Possible 3: The Material Theory of Practical Reasoning 4: From the Practical to the Theoretical 5: Moral Reasoning 6: Taking Stock 7: Instrumental Reasoning 8: Reasoning to Normative Belief 9: Reasoning to Intention 10: Loose Ends

Key concepts: Analytic reasoning, Deductive reasoning, Psychology of reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Opportunistic reasoning, Reasoning system, Normative, Case-based reasoning

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