American Philosophy Today, and Other Philosophical StudiesRowman & Littlefield, 1994 - 175 pages 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. |
Contents
Issues in Moral Philosophy | 81 |
Pragmatic Anomalies | 113 |
Philosophical Critiques | 129 |
Religious Belief and Scientific Method | 153 |
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