Retrospection

• Main Author: Setiya, Kieran (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Michigan Publishing, 2018-06-05T19:36:38Z.
• Subjects: Article
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This paper argues from the rationality of nostalgia, affirmation, and regret to a principle of 'specificity': it can be rational to respond more strongly to facts that provide us with reasons than to the fact that such reasons exist.