Without Good Reason The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science |
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| Author:
| Stein, Edward |
| Series title: | Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-823773-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.00 |
Book Description:
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Without Good Reason offers a clear critical account of the debate in philosophy and cognitive science about whether humans are rational. Various experiments performed over the last several decades have been interpreted as showing that humans are irrational; certain philosophers, on the other hand, have argued that it is a conceptual truth that humans must be rational. Edward Stein concludes that the question of human rationality should be answered not conceptually but empirically: the...
More DescriptionWithout Good Reason offers a clear critical account of the debate in philosophy and cognitive science about whether humans are rational. Various experiments performed over the last several decades have been interpreted as showing that humans are irrational; certain philosophers, on the other hand, have argued that it is a conceptual truth that humans must be rational. Edward Stein concludes that the question of human rationality should be answered not conceptually but empirically: the resources of a fully developed cognitive science need to be used not only to answer this question but generally in investigations of the nature of human knowledge and understanding.