Philosophy of Mind

Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is a series of volumes presenting outstanding new work on a set of connected themes, investigating such...

There has been a philosophical upheaval recently in our understanding of the metaphysics of the mind. The philosophy of mind and action has traditi...

How do we understand numbers? Do animals and babies have numerical abilities? Why do some people fail to grasp numbers, and how we can improve nume...

When discussing normative reasons, oughts, requirements of rationality, motivating reasons, and so on, we often have to use verbs like believe and ...

Ralph Wedgwood gives a general account of the concept of rationality. The Value of Rationality is designed as the first instalment of a trilogy - t...

We often have reason to doubt our own ability to form rational beliefs, or to doubt that some particular belief of ours is rational. Perhaps we lea...

Desires matter. What are desires? Many believe that desire is a motivational state: desiring is being disposed to act. This conception aligns with ...

Philosophical reflection on the emotions has a long history stretching back to classical Greek thought, even though at times philosophers have marg...

What is like to live without touch or movement/position sense (proprioception)? The only way to understand the importance of these senses, so famil...