PHIL 3225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Coriander
19 Feb 2018
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Reasoning, in a strict sense, is transitioning from one belief state to another in accordance with a principle of logic. Reasoning is transitioning, of a particular kind, from one psychological state to another. S believes that (i) all fs are gs. S comes to believe that (ii) x is an f. In view of (i) and (ii), s infers that (iii) x is a g. (i) and (ii) are premises from which s infers the conclusion: each of the three beliefs has propositional content. Non-propositional content cannot serve as premises in reasoning. Non-propositional content cannot constitute a conclusion that one infers. S likes conformists, dislikes conformists, and falsely believes x is a nonconformist. S come to truly believe that x is a conformist. S will come to like x because s"s belief about x has changed. (non-rational in uence: change of pro/con attitudes, but not on the basis of beliefs, example: when i was younger, i did not like cilantro.
