The formation of reason /

• Main Author: Bakhurst, David
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Journal of philosophy of education book series ; 12.
• Subjects: McDowell, John Henry.; McDowell, John, > 1942-; Philosophy of mind.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Reason.; PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.; Electronic books.

"In The Formation of Reason, David Bakhurst expounds and defends a socio-historical account of the human mind. Inspired by the work of the influential philosopher John McDowell, Bakhurst maintains that the distinctive character of human psychological powers resides in our responsiveness to reas...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• What Can Philosophy Tell Us About How History Made the Mind?
• Social Constructionism
• Self and Other
• Freedom, Reflection and the Sources of Normativity
• Exploring the Space of Reasons
• Reason and Its Limits: Music, Mood and Education
• Education Makes Us What We Are
• References
• Index.