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Pragmatic Reasons

A Defense of Morality and Epistemology

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Jeremy Randel Koons

    1. Georgetown University, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 1-9

  3. Pragmatism and Normativity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Pragmatism, Causal Explanation, and Normative Facts

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 13-45

    3. Pragmatism and Rationality

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 46-91

    4. Pragmatism, Normativity, and Relativism

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 92-118

  4. Pragmatism and Morality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Pragmatism, Interests, and Morality

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 121-151

    3. Pragmatism, Freedom, and Responsibility

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 152-186

  5. Pragmatism and Epistemology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Pragmatism and Epistemology

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 189-233

    3. Pragmatism, Internalism, and Externalism

      • Jeremy Randel Koons
      Pages 234-262

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-292
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This book shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of moral and epistemic evaluation, as well as our practice of making judgments regarding free will and moral responsibility.

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  • Georgetown University, USA

    Jeremy Randel Koons

About the author

JEREMY RANDEL KOONS is Visiting Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He has held teaching positions at the American University of Beirut, the University of Hong Kong, and Stonehill College (Massachusetts). He has also published several articles in ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics.

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