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Fink, Julian:
The Property of Rationality : A Guide to What Rationality Requires?
In: Philosophical Studies.
Bd. 175
(2018)
Heft 1
.
- S. 117-140.
ISSN 1573-0883
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0858-9
Abstract
Can we employ the property of rationality in establishing what rationality requires? According to a central and formal thesis of John Broome’s work on rational requirements, the answer is ‘no’—at least if we expect a precise answer. In particular, Broome argues that the property of full rationality is independent of whether we formulate conditional requirements of rationality as having a wide or a narrow logical scope. That is, by replacing a wide-scope requirement with a corresponding narrow-scope requirement, we do not alter the situations in which a person is fully rational. As a consequence, the property of full rationality is unable to guide us in determining whether a rational requirement has a wide or a narrow logical scope. We cannot resolve the wide/narrow scope debate by appealing to a theory of fully rational attitudes. This paper argues that, and are incorrect. Replacing a wide- with a corresponding narrow-scope requirement can alter the set of circumstances in which a person is fully rational. The property of full rationality is therefore not independent of whether we formulate conditional requirements of rationality as having a wide or a narrow logical scope. As a consequence, the property of full rationality can guide us in determining what rationality requires—even in cases where we expect a precise answer.
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Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Institut für Philosophie Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Institut für Philosophie > Professur Praktische Philosophie > Professur Praktische Philosophie - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julian Fink Fakultäten Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Institut für Philosophie > Professur Praktische Philosophie |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie |
Eingestellt am: | 17 Okt 2018 09:07 |
Letzte Änderung: | 17 Okt 2018 09:07 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/46066 |