Rational Powers in Action
Instrumental Rationality and Extended Agency
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 August 2023
- ISBN 9780198889564
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages258 pages
- Size 216x138x15 mm
- Weight 344 g
- Language English 533
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Short description:
Rational Powers in Action presents a conception of instrumental rationality as governing actions that are extended in time with indeterminate ends. Tenenbaum argues that previous philosophical theories in this area, in focusing on momentary snapshots of the mind of idealized agents, miss central aspects of human rationality.
MoreLong description:
Human actions unfold over time, in pursuit of ends that are not fully specified in advance. Rational Powers in Action locates these features of the human condition at the heart of a new theory of instrumental rationality. Where many theories of rational agency focus on instantaneous choices between sharply defined outcomes, treating the temporally extended and partially open-ended character of action as an afterthought, this book argues that the deep structure of instrumental rationality can only be understood if we see how it governs the pursuit of long-term, indeterminate ends. These are ends that cannot be realized through a single momentary action, and whose content leaves partly open what counts as realizing the end. Sergio Tenenbaum argues that we need to focus on temporal duration and the indeterminacy of ends in intentional action, even to explain the rational governance of relatively simple actions. Theories of moment-by-moment preference maximization, or indeed any understanding of instrumental rationality on the basis of momentary mental items, cannot capture the fundamental structure of our instrumentally rational capacities. Tenenbaum provides a new theory of instrumental rationality as rationality in action.
Rational Powers in Action is a major contribution not only to philosophy but to economic theory as well. It presents many issues in a new light, and that is no mean achievement.
Table of Contents:
Extended Action and Instrumental Rationality: The Structure of a Theory of Instrumental Rationality
Extended Theory of Rationality: Basic Tenets and Motivations
Pursuing Ends as the Fundamental Given Attitude
Indeterminate Ends and the Puzzle of the Self-Torturer
Future-Directed Intentions and the Theory of Instrumental Rationality
Persisting Intentions
Instrumental Virtues
Practical Judgment and its Corresponding Vices
Actions, Preferences, and Risk
Rational Powers in Action: Instrumental Rationality and Extended Agency
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