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Knowledge and Rational Action: Why What We Know Matters for the Rationality of What We Do

Knowledge and Rational Action: Why What We Know Matters for the Rationality of What We Do

Heil, Roman

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Epistemology

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1041012047
ISBN13: 9781041012047
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 23 2025
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book motivates and systematically develops the view that knowledge should be at the centre of our theory of practical rationality.

Only act on what you know!--the book offers the first comprehensive defence of this slogan in the form of a knowledge-based decision theory. The proposed view is shown to be the most straightforward explanation of emerging bodies of evidence for a link between knowledge and rational action. The book provides novel solutions to well-known challenges that invoke high-stakes scenarios, seemingly rational actions based on reasonable but false beliefs, and decision-making under risk and uncertainty. The emerging view brings together traditional and formal approaches to epistemology and the study of practical rationality. The resulting knowledge-based decision theory is embedded in a rich normative landscape, encompassing innovative accounts of excuses, rational acceptance and the simplification of reasoning.

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