Workshop
Normativity and Reasoning V
January 17-19, 2017, 9:00AM EST
New York
Past Event
By Invitation
Interested scholars please contact nyuad.programs@nyu.eduReasoning seems to be a uniquely human activity; it is therefore of great philosophical significance. Yet it is not at all clear how we do it. This workshop explores our capacity to reason by focusing on the fact that reasoning is governed by norms; it can go well or badly. What are these norms? How might they be discovered, and how do they guide us? What, if anything, ultimately underwrites their authority?
Reasoning seems to be a uniquely human activity; it is therefore of great philosophical significance. Yet it is not at all clear how we do it. This workshop explores our capacity to reason by focusing on the fact that reasoning is governed by norms; it can go well or badly. What are these norms? How might they be discovered, and how do they guide us? What, if anything, ultimately underwrites their authority?
- Matthew Silverstein, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, NYUAD
- NYU Abu Dhabi Institute