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[from 'Walking the Tightrope of Reason' by Robert Fogelin, in 12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism ]

Full Idea

My own view might be called 'circumspect rationalism' - the view that our intellectual faculties provide our only means for comprehending the world in which we find oruselves.

Clarification

'Circumspect' means 'cautious'

Gist of Idea

My view is 'circumspect rationalism' - that only our intellect can comprehend the world

Source

Robert Fogelin (Walking the Tightrope of Reason [2003], Ch.3)

Book Reference

Fogelin,Robert: 'Walking the Tightrope of Reason' [OUP 2004], p.70


A Reaction

He needs to say more than that to offer a theory, but I like the label, and it fits the modern revival of rationalism, with which I sympathise, and which rests, I think, on Russell's point that self-evidence comes in degrees, not as all-or-nothing truth.