{"product_id":"the-rational-mind-9780198845799","title":"The Rational Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eScott Sturgeon presents an original account of mental states and their dynamics. He develops a detailed story of coarse- and fine-grained mental states, a novel perspective on how they fit together, an engaging theory of the rational transitions between them, and a fresh view of how formal methods can advance our understanding in this area. In doing so, he addresses a deep four-way divide in literature on epistemic rationality. Formal epistemology is done in specialized languages--often seeming a lot more like mathematics than Plato--and so can alienate philosophers who are drawn to more traditional work on thought experiments in epistemic rationality. Conversely, informal epistemology appears to be a lot more like Plato than mathematics and, as such, it tends to deter philosophers drawn to formal models of the phenomena. Similarly, the epistemology of coarse-grained states boils down everything to a discussion of rational belief--making the area appear a lot more like foundations of knowledge than anything useful for the theory rational decision, such as decision-making under uncertainty. The Rational Mind unifies work in all of these areas for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott Sturgeon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573324873789,"sku":"9780198845799","price":224.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780198845799.jpg?v=1788521316","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-rational-mind-9780198845799","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}