Rationality: Constraints and Contexts

by Tzu-Wei Hung (Editor), Timothy Joseph Lane (Editor)

Overview

Rationality: Contexts and Constraints is an interdisciplinary reappraisal of the nature of rationality. In method, it is pluralistic, drawing upon the analytic approaches of philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience, and more. These methods guide exploration of the intersection between traditional scholarship and cutting-edge philosophical or scientific research. In this way, the book contributes to development of a suitably revised, comprehensive understanding of rationality, one that befits the 21st century, one that is adequately informed by recent investigations of science, pathology, non-human thought, emotion, and even enigmatic Chinese texts that might previously have seemed to be expressions of irrationalism. - Addresses recent challenges and Identifies a direction for future research on rationality - Investigates the relationship between rationality and mental disorders, such as delusion and depression - Assesses reasoning in artificial intelligence and nonhuman animals - Reflects on ancient Chinese Philosophy and possible cultural differences in human psychology - Employs philosophical reflection, along with linguistic, probabilistic, and logical techniques

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128046234
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	09/02/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Tzu-Wei Hung is an assistant research fellow and a project coordinator at the Institute of European and American Studies at the Academia Sincia. His research and teaching interests include philosophy of psychology, philosophy of language, and early Formosan Philosophy. He is also the editor of Communicative Action (Springer) and Existential Engagement (Academia Sinica). His honors include the Taiwan Merit Scholarship, National Science Council and the Academia Sinica Fellowships for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Timothy Joseph Lane holds the Philosophy of Mind Chair at Taipei Medical University (TMU). He is also Dean of TMU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Director of TMU-Shuang Ho Hospital’s Brain and Consciousness Research Center. In addition, he is a joint-appointed Research Fellow with Academia Sinica's Institute of European and American Studies, as well as an adjunct research fellow with National Chengchi University's Research Center for Mind, Brain, and Learning. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, including: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, The Journal of Philosophy, Analysis, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, and Social Neuroscience. He has been the recipient of awards from many agencies and foundations, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Joseph and Frances Morgan-Swain Foundation. He was also awarded the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology’s highest award for research excellence.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction1. Rationality and its ContextsTimothy Joseph Lane Part II: Science2. Bayesian Psychology and Human Rationality Shaun Nichols & Richard Samuels3. Scientific Rationality: Phlogiston as a Case StudyJonathon Hricko4. Cross-cultural Differences in Thinking: Some Thoughts on Psychological ParadigmsNgar Yin Louis Lee Part III: Pathology 5. Delusion and the Norms of RationalityTim Bayne6. Outline of a Theory of Delusion: Irrationality and Pathological BeliefIan Gold 7. Is Depressive Rumination Rational?Timothy Joseph Lane & Georg Northoff Part IV: Irrationality 8. Reason and Unreason in Chinese PhilosophyYiu-ming Fung 9. Irrationally Intelligible or Rationally Unintelligible?Wai Chun Leong 10. Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities?Ting-mien Lee Part V: Non-Human 11. Bridging the Logic-Based and Probability-Based Approaches to Artificial IntelligenceHanti Lin12. Rationality and Escherichia coliTzu-Wei Hung Part VI: Communication and Emotion13. Rational Belief and Evidence-Based UpdateEric McCready14. Reason and Emotion in Xunzi's Moral PsychologyEllie Hua Wang

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Informed by what was learned in recent decades, this eye-opening book sketches a nuanced view of rationality, both human and non-human