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Author(s): Brian Hedden
ISBN(s): 9780198732594, 0198732597
Edition: Hardcover
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Year: 2015
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0198732597
ISBN 13: 9780198732594
Author: Brian Hedden

Brian Hedden defends a radical view about the relationship between rationality, personal identity, and time. On the standard view, personal identity over time plays a central role in thinking about rationality. This is because, on the standard view, there are rational norms for how a person’s attitudes and actions at one time should fit with her attitudes and actions at other times, norms that apply within a person but not across persons. But these norms are problematic. They make what you rationally ought to believe or do depend on facts about your past that aren’t part of your current perspective on the world, and they make rationality depend on controversial, murky metaphysical facts about what binds different instantaneous snapshots (or ‘time-slices’) into a single person extended in time. Hedden takes a different approach, treating the relationship between different time-slices of the same person as no different from the relationship between different people. For purposes of rational evaluation, a temporally extended person is akin to a group of people. The locus of rationality is the time-slice rather than the temporally extended agent. Taking an impersonal, time-slice-centric approach to rationality yields a unified approach to the rationality of beliefs, preferences, and actions where what rationality demands of you is solely determined by your evidence, with no special weight given to your past beliefs or actions.

Reasons Without Persons Rationality Identity and Time 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction to Rationality, Identity, and Time

  1. Introduction: A New Perspective on Rationality and Identity

    • Overview of the Key Themes: Rationality, Identity, and Time

    • The Problem of Personal Identity in a Changing World

    • The Relationship Between Rationality and Time

    • Defining ‘Reasons Without Persons’: A Philosophical Approach

  2. Theories of Rationality and Their Implications

    • Classical Rationality vs. Contemporary Views

    • The Role of Beliefs, Desires, and Reasons in Decision Making

    • Rational Choice Theory and Its Critics

    • Cognitive Biases and Their Impact on Rationality

Part II: Rationality and Its Relationship to Identity

  1. Personal Identity and Rationality: Are We the Same Person Over Time?

    • Philosophical Foundations of Personal Identity

    • The Problem of Temporal Identity: How Can We Remain the Same Over Time?

    • Theories of Identity: Psychological Continuity, Biological Continuity, and Bundle Theory

    • Rationality and Continuity: How Rational Choices Reflect Identity Over Time

  2. Rational Agency: What Does It Mean to Act Rationally?

    • The Role of Self-Knowledge and Reflection in Rational Agency

    • How Temporal Considerations Influence Rational Decision-Making

    • The Influence of Emotion and Desire on Rationality

    • Can We Act Rationally Without a Consistent Identity?

  3. The Paradox of Change: How Does Rationality Survive Identity Changes?

    • The Paradox of Rational Choices and Changing Preferences

    • Rationality in Light of Personal Transformation

    • The Impact of Aging, Memory, and New Experiences on Rationality

    • Can We Be Rational and Change Our Identity Simultaneously?

Part III: The Role of Time in Rationality and Identity

  1. Temporal Aspects of Rationality: Decision Making Across Time

    • Discounting the Future: How Time Affects Our Choices

    • The Problem of Future vs. Present Preferences

    • Temporal Inconsistency and Rational Planning

    • The Impact of Delayed Gratification on Rational Choices

  2. Time and Personal Identity: The Issue of Persistence

    • The Nature of Time and Its Effect on the Self

    • Philosophical Accounts of Persistence Through Time: Endurantism vs. Perdurantism

    • The Role of Memory and Anticipation in Constructing Identity

    • The ‘Future Self’ Problem: Can We Identify with Our Future Selves?

  3. The Temporal Self: How We Relate to Ourselves Over Time

    • The Role of Narrative in Constructing Temporal Identity

    • How Stories of the Past Shape Rationality and Choices

    • Time and Agency: How We Control Our Own Development

    • Can Rationality Be Timeless, or Is It Tied to a Moment?

Part IV: Implications of Rationality and Identity Without Persons

  1. Rationality Without Persons: A Conceptual Exploration

    • The Idea of Rationality Independent of Personal Identity

    • The Case for ‘Rationality Without a Self’: Can Rationality Exist Without a Unified Person?

    • The Ethical and Existential Consequences of Disembodied Rationality

    • Rationality and Its Limits in the Absence of a Concrete Self

  2. Ethical Dilemmas and Paradoxes in the Absence of Identity

  • The Role of Personal Identity in Moral Responsibility

  • Can We Make Ethical Decisions Without a Sense of ‘Self’?

  • The Ethics of Temporally Disjointed Persons: Moral Actions Across Time

  • Should We Treat Future Selves as Separate Individuals?

  1. From Temporal Identity to Transcendence: The Search for Meaning

  • The Quest for Meaning in a World of Changing Selves

  • Exploring Philosophical Theories of Meaning Beyond the Person

  • Time, Continuity, and the Search for a Rational Life

Part V: Concluding Thoughts

  1. Final Reflections: Rationality, Identity, and Time in the Modern World

  • The Impact of New Philosophical Insights on Our Understanding of the Self

  • The Role of Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Challenging Traditional Notions of Identity

  • What Does It Mean to Be Rational in a World Without a Fixed Self?

  • A Path Forward: Integrating New Ideas of Rationality, Identity, and Time into Daily Life

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