{"product_id":"the-rational-mind-9780198912255","title":"The Rational Mind","description":"Scott Sturgeon presents an original account of mental states and their dynamics. He develops a detailed story of coarse- and fine-grained mental states, a novel perspective on how they fit together, an engaging theory of the rational transitions between them, and a fresh view of how formal methods can advance our understanding in this area. In doing so, he addresses a deep four-way divide in literature on epistemic rationality. Formal epistemology is done in specialized languages--often seeming a lot more like mathematics than Plato--and so can alienate philosophers who are drawn to more traditional work on thought experiments in epistemic rationality. Conversely, informal epistemology appears to be a lot more like Plato than mathematics and, as such, it tends to deter philosophers drawn to formal models of the phenomena. Similarly, the epistemology of coarse-grained states boils down everything to a discussion of rational belief--making the area appear a lot more like foundations of knowledge than anything useful for the theory rational decision, such as decision-making under uncertainty. \u003cem\u003eThe Rational Mind\u003c\/em\u003e unifies work in all of these areas for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Sturgeon, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott Sturgeon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He has published numerous articles in journals such as \u003cem\u003eMind, Journal of Philosophy, Noûs, Philosophers' Imprint\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMatters of Mind: Consciousness, Reason and Nature\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge 2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459149795602,"sku":"9780198912255","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb23129a-f71b-469a-a23c-d1d62a0bd9bb.jpg?v=1729976799","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rational-mind-9780198912255","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}