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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
Rationality is one part of our conception of human flourishing [Putnam]
     Full Idea: Our notion of rationality is, at bottom, just one part of our conception of human flourishing, our idea of the good.
     From: Hilary Putnam (Reason, Truth and History [1981], Pref)
     A reaction: This looks like the beginnings of virtue epistemology, since rationality will have criteria, which would seem to be virtues. I find this idea appealing, both as a view of rationality, and as a view of the human good.