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Ideas for 'works', 'The Nature of Rationality' and 'Letters to Thomasius'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

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Rationality is normally said to concern either giving reasons, or reliability [Nozick]

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In the instrumental view of rationality it only concerns means, and not ends [Nozick]

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Is it rational to believe a truth which leads to permanent misery? [Nozick]

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Rationality needs some self-consciousness, to also evaluate how we acquired our reasons [Nozick]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality

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Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Aristotle, by Sorabji]