Rationality: The Critical View

Rationality: The Critical View edited by J. Agassi, I.C. Jarvie.

In our papers on the rationality of magic, we distinghuished, for purposes of analysis, three levels of rationality. First and lowest (rationalitYl) the goal­ directed action of an agent with given aims and circumstances, where among his circumstances we included his knowledge and opinions. On this...

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Other Authors: Agassi, J. (Editor), Jarvie, I.C (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, 23
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • I: Rationality in General
  • 1. Seven Desiderata for Rationality
  • 2. Arguments for Skepticism
  • 3. Skeptical Rationalism
  • 4. The Sceptic at Bay
  • 5. Esotericism
  • 6. Science and the Search for Truth
  • 7. Rationality and the Problem of Scientific Traditions
  • 8. An Ethic of Cognition
  • 9. Methodological Individualism and Institutional Individualism
  • 10. Epistemology and Politics
  • 11. The Concept of Decision
  • 12. Galileo’s Knife
  • 13. The Objectivity of Criticism of the Arts
  • 14. What is Literature?
  • 15. Utopia and the Architect
  • II: Rationality and Criticism
  • 16. Theories of Rationality
  • 17. Rationality and Problem-Solving
  • 18. The Choice of Problems and the Limits of Reason
  • 19. Rationality and Criticism
  • 20. On Explaining Beliefs
  • 21. Historicist Relativism and Bootstrap Rationality
  • 22. On Two Non-Justificationist Theories
  • 23. A Critique of Good Reasons
  • III: Rationality and Irrationality
  • 24. The Problem of the Rationality of Magic
  • 25. Magic and Rationality Again
  • 26. A Study in Westernization
  • 27. Is Face the Same as Li?
  • 28. The Rationality of Dogmatism
  • 29. The Rationality of Irrationalism
  • For Further Reading
  • Sources
  • Biographical Sketches
  • Name Index.

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