Reflective Efficacy

The purpose of this paper is to highlight some difficulties of Neil Sinhababu’s Humean theory of agency, which depend on his radically reductivist approach, rather than to his Humean sympathies. The argument is that Sinhababu’s theory builds upon a critique of reflective agency which is based on equ...

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Main Author: Carla Bagnoli
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2018-04-01
Series:Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
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Online Access:https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2018.0006/821
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spelling doaj-b06dd4139a7e4a5b9399fd567f65539a2020-11-25T00:20:54ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292018-04-0191677210.4453/rifp.2018.0006Reflective EfficacyCarla BagnoliThe purpose of this paper is to highlight some difficulties of Neil Sinhababu’s Humean theory of agency, which depend on his radically reductivist approach, rather than to his Humean sympathies. The argument is that Sinhababu’s theory builds upon a critique of reflective agency which is based on equivocation and misunderstandings of the Kantian approach. Ultimately, the objection is that his reductivist view is unequipped to address the rclassical problems of rational deliberation and agential authority.https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2018.0006/821Humean TheoryRational DeliberationAgencyAuthorityChristine Korsgaard
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Reflective Efficacy
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
Humean Theory
Rational Deliberation
Agency
Authority
Christine Korsgaard
author_facet Carla Bagnoli
author_sort Carla Bagnoli
title Reflective Efficacy
title_short Reflective Efficacy
title_full Reflective Efficacy
title_fullStr Reflective Efficacy
title_full_unstemmed Reflective Efficacy
title_sort reflective efficacy
publisher Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
series Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
issn 2039-4667
2239-2629
publishDate 2018-04-01
description The purpose of this paper is to highlight some difficulties of Neil Sinhababu’s Humean theory of agency, which depend on his radically reductivist approach, rather than to his Humean sympathies. The argument is that Sinhababu’s theory builds upon a critique of reflective agency which is based on equivocation and misunderstandings of the Kantian approach. Ultimately, the objection is that his reductivist view is unequipped to address the rclassical problems of rational deliberation and agential authority.
topic Humean Theory
Rational Deliberation
Agency
Authority
Christine Korsgaard
url https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2018.0006/821
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