Walking the Tightrope of Reason The Precarious Life of a Rational Animal

Name: Walking the Tightrope of Reason The Precarious Life of a Rational Animal
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ISBN: 9780195160260

ISBN-10: 0195160266

ISBN-13: 9780195160260

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert Fogelin

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Human beings are both supremely rational and deeply superstitious, capable of believing just about anything and of questioning just about everything. Indeed, just as our reason demands that we know the truth, our skepticism leads to doubts we can ever really do so. In Walking the Tightrope of Reason, Robert J. Fogelin guides readers through a contradiction that lies at the very heart of philosophical inquiry. Fogelin argues that our rational faculties insist on a purely rational account of the universe, yet at the same time, the inherent limitations of these faculties ensure that we will never fully satisfy that demand. As a result of being driven to this point of paradox, we either…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 7.10" wide x 5.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Why Obey the Laws of Logic?



Dilemmas and Paradoxes



Pure Reason and Its Illusions



Skepticism



Modest Responses to These Challenges



Matters of Taste



Last Words


Notes


Bibliography


Index