On the obligation to be rational

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

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