Reasonableness of Reason
Subtitle: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically
Publisher: Open Court
Published: March 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780812692839
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Reason; Justification (Theory of knowledge); Philosophy; Epistemology; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / Epistemology; Justification (Theory of knowl; Naturalism
First sentence: Rationalists have traditionally recommended that we appeal to a rational standard when we evaluate particular beliefs, theories, or actions; when we judge the appropriateness of changes in our belief or conceptual structures; and when we attempt to settle competing claims to intellectual authority amongst diverse conceptual structures.