Rationalization,Evidence, and Pretense |
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Authors: | Jason D'Cruz |
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Affiliation: | University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY |
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Abstract: | In this paper I distinguish the category of “rationalization” from various forms of epistemic irrationality. I maintain that only if we model rationalizers as pretenders can we make sense of the rationalizer's distinctive relationship to the evidence in her possession. I contrast the cognitive attitude of the rationalizer with that of believers whose relationship to the evidence I describe as “waffling” or “intransigent”. In the final section of the paper, I compare the rationalizer to the Frankfurtian bullshitter. |
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