Man the rational animal?

Synthese 122 (1-2):165-78 (2000)
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  This paper considers well known results of psychological researchinto the fallibility of human reason, and philosophical conclusionsthat some have drawn from these results. Close attention to theexact content of the results casts doubt on the reasoning that leadsto those conclusions

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David Galloway
King's College London
Ernest Sosa
Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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Without Good Reason.Edward Stein - 2000 - Philosophical and Phenomenological Research 60 (1):234-237.

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