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Self-Trust - A Study of Reason, Knowledge, and Autonomy (Hardcover, New)
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Self-Trust - A Study of Reason, Knowledge, and Autonomy (Hardcover, New)
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Keith Lehrer offers an original philosophical view of principal
aspects of the human condition, such as reason, knowledge, wisdom,
autonomy, love, consensus, and consciousness. Three unifying ideas
run through the book. The first is that what is uniquely human is
the capacity for metamental ascent, the ability to consider and
evaluate first-order mental states (such as beliefs and desires)
that arise naturally within us. A primary function of this
metamental ascent is the resolution of personal and interpersonal
conflict, essential to such central human goods as wisdom,
autonomy, and consensus. The second unifying idea is that we have a
system for such reflective evaluation which yields acceptance (in
relation to beliefs) or preference (in relation to the objects of
desires). The third unifying idea is that there are `keystones' of
evaluation in this system: loops of trustworthiness that are
themselves supported by the structure that they hold together.
Self-trust is the basis of our trustworthiness, on which reason,
knowledge, and wisdom are grounded.
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