On the obligation to be rational

I formulate what I believe to be a correct account of the normativity of rationality. I identify two opposing doctrines which I call instrumentalism and rationalism. Instrumentalism says there are no obligations to be rational intrinsic to rationality, but that being rational is instrumental to doin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shackel, Nicholas
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2004
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12984/