Abstract This paper presents a dilemma for the additive model of reasons. Either accommodates disjunctive cases in which one ought to perform some act $$\phi $$ just case at least two factors obtains, or it conjunctive both obtains. The also arises revised that imprecisely weighted There exist and cases. Hence is extensionally inadequate. upshot most influential accounts how reasons accrue dete...

Abstract There is currently a lively debate about whether there are practical reasons for belief, epistemic or both. I will argue that the intuitions on all sides can be fully accounted by applying an independently motivated contextualist semantics normative terms. Specifically, terms must relativized to goal. One possible goal epistemic, such as believing truly and not falsely, while another p...

Cross-cultural suicide research on spiritual faith as a protective factor in youth is limited. The aim of this study is to examine spiritual faith as a predictor of passive suicidal ideation in a racially and religiously diverse sample of college-aged youth. Participants (N = 243) completed self-report instruments to assess suicidality, social support, reasons for living as well as existential ...