ABSTRACT

First published in 1998, Loughlin examines the conception of rationality through the gazes of science, philosophy and political philosophy to further explain the concept of rational reasoning, the effects it has on the development on natural and social science and its implications on how we think about morals and politics.

chapter 1|24 pages

Destructive Conceptions of Rationality

chapter 2|23 pages

Knowledge and the Knowing Subject

chapter 3|14 pages

Common-sense Realism and Rational Action

chapter 4|17 pages

Alienation and the Social Scientist

chapter 6|28 pages

A Closer Look at Scientific Method

chapter 7|23 pages

Ideology and Bias

chapter 8|28 pages

Today’s Ideology