T H E O X F O R D H A N D B O O K O F
R E A S O N S A N D N o R M A T I V I T Y
This handbook was published in hardback by Oxford University Press in 2018, and in a paperback edition in 2022 (see some of the new back cover text to the right). It constitutes the first comprehensive and in depth overview of contemporary work on reasons, across ethics and epistemology and other subdisciplines, with 45 contributions (including my introduction) on the nature of practical and theoretical reasons, and associated issues concerning normativity. Here is the table of contents. Introduction Daniel Star I. The Structure of Reasons and Normativity The Unity of Normativity Ralph Wedgwood The Unity of Reasons Mark Schroeder The Logic of Reasons Shyam Nair and John F. Horty The Language of Ought, and Reasons Aaron Bronfman and Janice Dowell Reflections on Reasons John Hawthorne and Ofra Magidor II. Reasons, Motivation, and Action Explanation Internalism and Externalism about Reasons Hille Paakkunainen Motivating Reasons and Normative Reasons David McNaughton and Piers Rawling Psychologism and Anti-psychologism about Motivating Reasons Eric Wiland Reasons and Ability Bart Streumer Reasons and Action Explanation Benjamin Wald and Sergio Tenenbaum III. Reasons Fundamentalism The Metaphysics of Reasons Jonas Olson Reasons Fundamentalism and Value Philip Stratton-Lake Reasons Fundamentalism and What is Wrong with It John Broome IV. Reasons Explained Reasons, Evidence, and Explanations John Brunero Constructivism about Reasons Nicholas Southwood Constitutivism about Practical Reasons Paul Katsafanas V. Practical Deliberation Practical Reasoning Antti Kauppinen Weighing Reasons Garrett Cullity Underdetermination by Reasons Joshua Gert Reasons, Choices, and Responsibility Stephen Kearns VI. Reasoning and Rationality Reasons and Rationality Jonathan Way Norms, Reasons, and Reasoning Corine Besson Reasons and Theoretical Rationality Clayton Littlejohn VII. Epistemic Reasons The Place of Reasons in Epistemology Kurt Sylvan and Ernest Sosa Reasons for Belief and Normativity Kathrin Glüer and Åsa Wikfors Epistemic Reasons, Evidence, and Defeaters Errol Lord VIII. Types and Sources of Reasons for Belief Reasons and Perception Declan Smithies Reasons and Testimony Sanford Goldberg Knowledge, Understanding, and Reasons for Belief Jonathan Kvanvig Pragmatic Reasons for Belief Andrew Reisner IX. Types and Sources of Reasons for Action Instrumental Reasons Niko Kolodny Teleological Reasons Doug Portmore Subjective and Objective Reasons Andrew Sepielli Prudential and Moral Reasons Roger Crisp Agent-relative and Agent-neutral Reasons Krister Bykvist Reasons and Moral Principles Pekka Väyrynen X. Reasons Difficult to Categorize Reasons to Intend Ulrike Heuer Reasons and Emotions Christine Tappolet Aesthetic Reasons Andrew McGonigal XI. Varieties of Skepticism about Reasons Reliable and Unreliable Judgments about Reasons Caitrin Donovan, Cordelia Fine, and Jeanette Kennett The Evolutionary Challenge to Knowing Moral Reasons Terence Cuneo XII. Normativity, Meaning, and the Mind Normativity and Concepts Hannah Ginsborg The Normativity of Meaning David Liebesman Normativity and Intentionality Anandi Hattiangadi |