In Praise of Reason

MIT Press (2012)
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Can we give objective reasons for our most basic standards of reason-- our fundamental epistemic principles? I argue, against several forms of skepticism about reason, that we can, but that the reasons we can give for epistemic principles are ultimately practical, not epistemic.

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original Lynch, Michael Patrick (2012) "In Praise of Reason: Why Rationality Matters for Democracy". MIT Press

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