In Praise of Reason : Why Rationality Matters for Democracy.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Hope and Reason -- 1 Sources of Skepticism -- 2 Democracy as a Space of Reasons -- 2 Neither Slave nor Master: Reason and Emotion -- 1 Alarming Data -- 2 Two Pictures -- 3 Lifting a Finger -- 4 Intuition: What Just Seems Right -- 5 Without Reason? -- 3 "Nothing but Dreams and Smoke" -- 1 Skepticism from the Tower -- 2 Certain and Assured -- 3 Skepticism and Epistemic Incommensurability -- 4 Reasons End: Tradition and Common Sense -- 1 That Is Just How Things Are Done -- 2 Common Sense and Presuppositions -- 5 The "Sacred Tradition of Humanity" -- 1 Belief, Faith, and Commitment -- 2 Objectivity and a Common Point of View -- 3 The Method Game -- 4 Questions and Answers -- 6 Truth and the Pathos of Distance -- 1 A Picture of Knowledge -- 2 Truth and Inquiry -- 3 Representing the World -- 4 Truth and the Human -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 1 Hope and Reason -- 2 Neither Slave nor Master: Reason and Emotion -- 3 "Nothing but Dreams and Smoke" -- 4 Reasons End: Tradition and Common Sense -- 5 The "Sacred Tradition of Humanity" -- 6 Truth and the Pathos of Distance -- Conclusion -- Index.

A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.