The Given and the Made Strategies of Poetic Redefinition |
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| Author:
| Vendler, Helen H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-43439-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Beyond Optimizing argues that our ordinary understanding of practical reason is more complex than this, and also that optimizing/maximizing views are inadequately supported by the considerations typically offered in their favor. Slote argues that common sense recognizes that one can reach a point where "enough is enough," be satisfied with what one has, and, hence, rationally decline an optimizing alternative.
Beyond Optimizing argues that our ordinary understanding of practical reason is more complex than this, and also that optimizing/maximizing views are inadequately supported by the considerations typically offered in their favor. Slote argues that common sense recognizes that one can reach a point where "enough is enough," be satisfied with what one has, and, hence, rationally decline an optimizing alternative.