Retrospection
This paper argues from the rationality of nostalgia, affirmation, and regret to a principle of ‘specificity’: it can be rational to respond more strongly to facts that provide us with reasons than to the fact that such reasons exist.
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| author | Setiya, Kieran |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy |
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| description | This paper argues from the rationality of nostalgia, affirmation, and regret to a principle of ‘specificity’: it can be rational to respond more strongly to facts that provide us with reasons than to the fact that such reasons exist. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1161302022-09-28T17:48:41Z Retrospection Setiya, Kieran Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Setiya, Kieran Setiya, Kieran This paper argues from the rationality of nostalgia, affirmation, and regret to a principle of ‘specificity’: it can be rational to respond more strongly to facts that provide us with reasons than to the fact that such reasons exist. 2018-06-05T19:36:38Z 2018-06-05T19:36:38Z 2016-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1533-628X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116130 Setiya, Kieran. "Retrospection." Philosophers' Imprint, vol. 16, no. 15, 2016, pp. 1-15. © 2016 Kieran Setiya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0669-8556 en_US http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0016.015 Philosopher's Imprint Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ application/pdf Michigan Publishing Prof. Setiya via Mark Szarko |
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