Rationality: The Critical View

by Joseph Agassi and Ian C. Jarvie

Book Overview

In our papers on the rationality of magic, we distinghuished, for purposes of analysis, three levels of rationality. First and lowest (rationalitYl) the goal- directed action of an agent with given aims and circumstances, where among his circumstances we included his knowledge and opinions. On this level the magician's treatment of illness by incantation is as rational as any traditional doctor's blood-letting or any modern one's use of anti-biotics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 902473455X
• ISBN13: 9789024734559
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"