I suspect philosophers fall into two categories, thoss with a n overblown conception of our ratio... more I suspect philosophers fall into two categories, thoss with a n overblown conception of our rationality, and those with a n 'underblown' conception of it. Representatives of the latter variety, the deflaters, are the ones who set the agenda in the following. Though they do not succeed in burying our claims to rationality, they do succeed in forcing us to come up with a more realistic appraisal and a better understanding of the ways in which we do measure up against these claims.
I suspect philosophers fall into two categories, thoss with a n overblown conception of our ratio... more I suspect philosophers fall into two categories, thoss with a n overblown conception of our rationality, and those with a n 'underblown' conception of it. Representatives of the latter variety, the deflaters, are the ones who set the agenda in the following. Though they do not succeed in burying our claims to rationality, they do succeed in forcing us to come up with a more realistic appraisal and a better understanding of the ways in which we do measure up against these claims.
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