Thought by Gilbert H. Harman PAPERBACK 9780691618050

Thought\nby Gilbert H. Harman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Gilbert H. Harman\nTitle: Thought\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Philosophical traditions and schools of thought\nPublisher: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691618050\nISBN-10: 0691618054\nRRP: \u00A330.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThoughts and other mental states are defined by their role in a functional system. Since it is easier to determine when we have knowledge than when reasoning has occurred, Gilbert Harman attempts to answer the latter question by seeing what assumptions about reasoning would best account for when we have knowledge and when not. He describes induction as inference to the best explanation, or more precisely as a modification of beliefs that seeks to minimize change and.