Rationality. Constraints and Contexts

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Rationality: Contexts and Constraints is an interdisciplinary reappraisal of the nature of rationality. In method, it is pluralistic, drawing upon the analytic approaches of philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience, and more. These methods guide exploration of the intersection between traditional scholarship and cutting-edge philosophical or scientific research. In this way, the book contributes to development of a suitably revised, comprehensive understanding of rationality, one that befits the 21st century, one that is adequately informed by recent investigations of science, pathology, non-human thought, emotion, and even enigmatic Chinese texts that might previously have seemed to be expressions of irrationalism. Content: Front matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,PrefaceEntitled to full textI: IntroductionIntroduction, Page 1 Chapter 1 - Rationality and its Contexts, Pages 3-13, T.J. Lane Introduction, Pages 15-16 Chapter 2 - Bayesian Psychology and Human Rationality, Pages 17-35, S. Nichols, R. Samuels Chapter 3 - Scientific Rationality: Phlogiston as a Case Study, Pages 37-59, J. Hricko Chapter 4 - Cross-Cultural Differences in Thinking: Some Thoughts on Psychological Paradigms, Pages 61-73, N.Y. Louis Lee Introduction, Pages 75-76 Chapter 5 - Delusion and the Norms of Rationality, Pages 77-94, T. Bayne Chapter 6 - Outline of a Theory of Delusion: Irrationality and Pathological Belief, Pages 95-119, I. Gold Chapter 7 - Is Depressive Rumination Rational?, Pages 121-145, T.J. Lane, G. Northoff Introduction, Pages 147-148 Chapter 8 - Reason and Unreason in Chinese Philosophy, Pages 149-172, Y.-M. Fung Chapter 9 - Irrationally Intelligible or Rationally Unintelligible?, Pages 173-193, W.C. Leong Chapter 10 - Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities?, Pages 195-211, T.M. Lee Introduction, Pages 213-214 Chapter 11 - Bridging the Logic-Based and Probability-Based Approaches to Artificial Intelligence, Pages 215-225, H. Lin Chapter 12 - Rationality and Escherichia Coli, Pages 227-240, T.-W. Hung Introduction, Pages 241-242 Chapter 13 - Rational Belief and Evidence-Based Update, Pages 243-257, E. McCready Chapter 14 - Reason and Emotion in Xunzi’s Moral Psychology, Pages 259-276, E.H. Wang Index, Pages 277-285