عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
B833 .N37 1994
B833
.
N37
1994
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0812692616 (cloth)
(Number (ISBN
0812692624 (pbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780812692617 (cloth)
(Number (ISBN
9780812692624 (pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b523508
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The ideal of rationality :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a defense, within reason /
First Statement of Responsibility
Stephen Nathanson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Open Court,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 256 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-252) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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: Rationality Revisited --- Afterword II: An Interview with the Author ---Afterword III: Rationality: Doubts and Theories --- Afterword IV: Final Thoughts.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Ideal of rationality.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rationalism.
Reason.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
149/
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7
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
B833
Book number
.
N37
1994
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Nathanson, Stephen,1943-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20130502101956.0
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