The Reasonableness of Reason
Subtitle: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically
Edition: Indexed edition
Publisher: Open Court Pub Co
Published: December 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780812692822
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Reasoning; Speculative Philosophy; Philosophy
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.