Abstract
The paper examines and comments on the theories of some contemporary american
philosophers, who have approached the problem of rationality from the assumptions
of pragmatist thought, drawing consequences however divergent. While
Richard Rorty criticizes the idea that the rationality is the distinctive element of
human nature, Donald Davidson, Nicholas Rescher e Hilary Putnam agree that it
is an essential component, while understanding it in different ways. Their reflections
show how simplistic is to identify rationality with its logic and computational
component only. The comparison among these authors show a rationality that can
be understood more adequately in a systemic perspective. Indeed on one hand the
rationality is assumed as the system as derived from the relations and the interactions
among the various faculties that characterize the human being; on the other
hand it seems that rationality is part of a larger system, which originates in the relationship
among different knowing subjects and the object of knowledge.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Rationality as a system: neopragmatist proposals |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 501-523 |
Numero di pagine | 23 |
Rivista | RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA |
Volume | 106 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2014 |
Keywords
- american neo-pragmatism
- approccio sistemico
- epistemology
- neopragmatismo americano
- rationality
- razionalità
- systemic approach
- teoria della conoscenza