1st Edition
Apprehension: Reason in the Absence of Rules Reason in the Absence of Rules
By Lynn Holt
Copyright 2002
126 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Aristotelian Background: Practical Reasoning, Theoretical Reasoning, and the Intellectual Virtues, Chapter 3 Apprehension and the Apprehensive Virtues, Chapter 4 The Epistemic Role of Apprehension, Chapter 5 The Rationality of Scientific Discovery and Experiment, Chapter 6 Objectivity and Truth, Index
Biography
Lynn Holt
