The Covenant of Reason: Rationality and the Commitments of Thought - Hardcover

Levi, Isaac

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521572886 ISBN 13: 9780521572880

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

A collection of essays by Isaac Levi on rational choice and belief, covering a wide range of topics.

About this title

Book Description

Isaac Levi is one of the preeminent philosophers in the areas of pragmatic rationality and epistemology. For Levi, to assume a belief is akin to incurring an obligation to fulfil a commitment (hence the religious connotation in the title, with the use of the word 'covenant'). In this original and influential collection of essays, a wide range of topics is covered, including consequentialism and sequential choice, consensus, voluntarism of belief, and tolerance.

Synopsis

Isaac Levi is one of the preeminent philosophers in the areas of pragmatic rationality and epistemology. This collection of essays presents his original and influential ideas about rational choice and belief. A wide range of topics is covered, including consequentialism and sequential choice, consensus, voluntarism of belief, and the tolerance of opinions. This major collection will be of interest to a wide range of philosophers in epistemology, logic, and philosophy of science, as well as economists, decision theorists, and statisticians.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521572886
• ISBN 13: 9780521572880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276