Synopses & Reviews
Change in View offers an entirely original approach to the philosophical study of reasoning by identifying principles of reasoning with principles for revising one's beliefs and intentions and not with principles of logic. This crucial observation leads to a number of important and interesting consequences that impinge on psychology and artificial intelligence as well as on various branches of philosophy, from epistemology to ethics and action theory.
Review
"Gilbert Harman argues stoutly that 'there is no clearly significant way in which logic is specialty relevant to reasoning' . . . . This is an immensely sharp-witted book."
- Martin Hollis, Times Literary Supplement
Review
"Professor Harman has set new standards of clarity and insight for issues of reasoning and planning that are increasingly important in current artificial intelligence research. His point of view has great unifying power"
- Jon Doyle, Carnegie-Mellon University
Synopsis
Gilbert Harman is Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. A Bradford Book.
Synopsis
Change in View offers an entirely original approach to the philosophical study of reasoning by identifying principles of reasoning with principles for revising one's beliefs and intentions and not with principles of logic.
About the Author
Gilbert Harman is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the author of Explaining Value and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy and Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind.