Apprehension: Reason in the Absence of Rules

Reason in the Absence of Rules
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-71817-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 332 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2002. This work introduces and explores the role of apprehension in reasoning - setting out the problems, determining the vocabulary, fixing the boundaries and questioning what is often taken for granted. Lynn Holt argues that a robust conception of rationality must include intellectual virtues which cannot be reduced to a set of rules for reasoners, and argues that the virtue of apprehension, an acquired disposition to see things correctly, is required if rationality is to be defensible. Drawing on an Aristotelian conception of intellectual virtue and examples from the sciences, Holt shows why impersonal standards for rationality are misguided, why foundations for knowledge are the last elements to emerge from inquiry not the first, and why intuition is a poor substitute for virtue. By placing the current scene in historical perspective, Holt displays the current impasse as the inevitable outcome of the replacement of intellectual virtue with method in the early modern philosophical imagination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holt, Lynn

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Aristotelian background - practical reasoning, theoretical reasoning, and the intellectual virtues; Apprehension and the apprehensive virtues; The epistemic role of apprehension; The rationality of scientific discovery and experiment; Objectivity and truth.

Über Autor(innen)

Lynn Holt