Sense and Uncertainty: A Phenomenology of Rational Actions in an Uncertain World

Sense and Uncertainty presents a phenomenological account of the possibility of rational action amid the challenges posed by violence, volatile conditions, uncertain outcomes, and social dependence. The book asks us to consider the following:

• We are often forced through violence to do things that do not make sense for us except to avoid retaliations, punishments, or the various evils that others might inflict on us.
• We inhabit a world that escapes our control. This involves living in uncer...