Knowledge and Rational Action by Roman Heil - 9781041012047

Knowledge and Rational ActionWhy What We Know Matters for the Rationality of What We Do\nAuthor(s): Roman Heil\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041012047, 978-1041012047\nSynopsis\nThis book motivates and systematically develops the view that knowledge should be at the centre of our theory of practical rationality.\n\nOnly 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 practic.