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The Ideal Of Rationality Presents An Evaluation Of All The Main Varieties Of Rationalism, In Clear And Jargon-free Language. Different Notions Of Rationality - Such As Means-end, Conception, Hedonism, And The Evil-avoidance View - Are Examined And Rejected, In Favor Of The Theory That To Act Rationally Is To 'act For The Best', A Theory Nathanson Characterizes As Critical Pluralism. Among Present-day Thinkers Whose Ideas Are Scrutinized Are Richard Brandt, Bernard Gert, Gilbert Harman, John Kekes, Robert Nozick, Karl Popper, And John Rawls. Part I. The Life Of Reason. 1. The Classical Ideal --- 2. John Barth's Critique Of Pure Reason ---- Part Ii. Defects Of The Classical Ideal. 3. Reason And Deliberation --- 4. Reason, Nihilism, And Objectivity --- 5. Reason, Knowledge, And Truth --- 6. The Ethics Of Belief: A Jamesian View ---- Part Iii. Means/ End Rationality. Introduction ---- 7. The Means/end Conception Of Rationality --- 8. Reasons, Motives, And Morality --- 9. Irrational Desires --- 10. Rational And Irrational Ends ---- Part Vi. Acting For The Best. 11. Pleasures And Values --- 12. Evaluating Ideals --- 13. Rationality Within Reason ---- Part V. Afterwords. Afterword I: Rati

Author

Nathanson, Stephen, 1943-

Publisher

Open Court Publishing Company

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812692617

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, History