@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Black, Max}, subject = {Rationality}, note = {III 29 Rationality/Justification/RationalityVsVs/Black: four positions: 1) the question itself is incoherent or contradicts itself (Geach) >Rationality/Geach. 2) The question makes sense, but cannot expect a rational response (Ayer) 3) rationality must be based on something non-rational (Popper) 4) The impossibility of a response shows that rationality does not need a justification (defense) - Black: Another possibility: proto-rationality as a justification of rationality - E.g. risk response without time for reflection. III 31 The proto-rationaliy is then the subsequent construction of reasons. III 32 Quasi-rationality/animal/Black: behavior "as if" one had reasons, e.g. as if the stone hit the target - (because it could hit). Authors on Rationality: >Popper, >P.Singer, >Ayer, >Hume. III 33 Anti-Rationalism/Black: for the anti-rationalist to survive at all, we we must assume proto-rationality in his case - all further rationality is based on the social abilities - "otherwise he would be without friends. III 36 Key point: as a child one has no choice about whether one wants to be rational. Irrationality: one would have to become someone else’s pet -this would lead to pathy.}, note = { Black I Max Black "Meaning and Intention: An Examination of Grice’s Views", New Literary History 4, (1972-1973), pp. 257-279 In Handlung, Kommunikation, Bedeutung, G. Meggle (Hg), Frankfurt/M 1979 Black II M. Black The Labyrinth of Language, New York/London 1978 German Edition: Sprache. Eine Einführung in die Linguistik München 1973 Black III M. Black The Prevalence of Humbug Ithaca/London 1983 Black IV Max Black "The Semantic Definition of Truth", Analysis 8 (1948) pp. 49-63 In Truth and Meaning, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=260082} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=260082} }