Does rationality presuppose irrationality |
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| Authors: | Xavier Vanmechelen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USAbeth.tropman@colostate.edu |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Although irrationality always presupposes rationality, I think there are good arguments to claim that sometimes rationality presupposes irrationality.This paper tries to show how irrational action can support rationality in two ways: it can develop and preserve rationality. I also argue that sometimes the development and the conservation of rationality can only be realized by irrational action. |
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| Keywords: | constructivism ethics evolutionary debunking arguments moral knowledge moral realism Sharon Street |
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