Without Good Reason: The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science / Edition 1

by Edward Stein

Overview

In this Book, Edward Stein offers a clear critical account of this debate about rationality in philosophy and cognitive science. He discusses concepts of rationality-the pictures of rationality that the debate centers on-and asses the empirical evidence used to argue that humans are irrational. He concludes that the question of human rationality must be answered not conceptually but empirically, using the full resources of advanced cognitive science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900198237739
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	02/28/1998
Series:	Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Series
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Competence
3. Psychological Evidence.
4. Charity
5. Reflective Equilibrium
6. Evolution
7. The Standard Picture
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Stein's analysis is both clear and cogent. Students of human rationality will find much of interest here." —International Studies in Philosophy

"Stein has done a great service in bringing together all of the important arguments in the human rationality debate and providing a measured critical assessment of them....This will be an important book and is essential reading for epistemologists, philosophers of mind, and cognitive and evolutionary psychologists."—Choice

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