Single Idea 11068

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality]

Full Idea

In the tradition of Descartes, Chomsky and Davidson, rational animals are essentially talking animals. But in the view of Kant, and perhaps Fodor, it is the cognitive capacity for logic that is the essence of human rationality.

Gist of Idea

One tradition says talking is the essence of rationality; the other says the essence is logic

Source

Robert Hanna (Rationality and Logic [2006], 4.9)

Book Reference

Hanna,Robert: 'Rationality and Logic' [MIT 2006], p.110