ABSTRACT

In Educating Reason, Harvey Siegel presented the case regarding rationality and critical thinking as fundamental education ideals. In Rationality Redeemed?, a collection of essays written since that time, he develops this view, responds to major criticisms raised against it, and engages those critics in dialogue. In developing his ideas and responding to critics, Siegel addresses main currents in contemporary thought, including feminism, postmodernism and multiculturalism.

chapter |10 pages

That Old-Time Enlightenment Metanarrative

Rationality As An Educational Ideal

part One|88 pages

Development and Defense

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

The Generalizability of Critical Thinking

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Not by Skill Alone

The Centrality of Character to Critical Thinking

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Why Be Rational?

Justifying the Commitment to Rationality

chapter Chapter 6|10 pages

Critical Thinking and Prejudice

part Two|86 pages

Dialogue

chapter Chapter 7|11 pages

The Rationality of Reasonableness

chapter Chapter 8|18 pages

The Limits of a Priori Philosophy

chapter Chapter 9|12 pages

Gimme That Old-Time Enlightenment Metanarrative

Radical Pedagogies (and Politics) Require Old-Fashioned Epistemology (and Moral Theory)

chapter Chapter 12|18 pages

What Price Inclusion?

chapter |4 pages

Why Care (About Epistemology, Justification, Rationality, Etc.)?

A Brief Metaphilosophical Excursus