Reason and analysis

by Blanshard, Brand

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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Full title :Reason and analysis / Brand Blanshard.

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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Publication Date:1962

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1962

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Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1962.

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Description:1 online resource (505 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317852292, 131785229X
oclc:ocn881184027
LC Classification:B824.6
Dewey Decimal:146.4

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter I The Revolt Against Reason; 1. Reason in its nuclear sense is the grasp of necessity; 2. It has lost respect through a cultural revolution; 3. Which Has Had Many Causes; 4. The decline has continued over several decades; 5. Philosophy at the turn of the century was dominated by idealistic rationalism; 6. Which has now almost wholly vanished; 7. The attack on it was opened by realists; 8. And continued by naturalists.

9. Instrumentalism sought to replace contemplative reason by practical intelligence10. Logical empiricism discountenanced the rational knowledge of nature; 11. Linguistic philosophy has shifted interest away from speculative thought; 12. Existentialism is deeply sceptical of reason; 13. In theology the current emphasis is on the inadequacy of reason; 14. In psychology, Freud reduced the work of reason largely to rationalization; 15. Making reason the veneer of powerful non-rational impulses; 16. In sociology belief in an objective reason gave way to cultural relativity.

17. Which was applied by Mannheim to reason itself18. In …