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Rationality: What difference does it make?
Author(s) -
McLear Colin
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/phpr.12905
Subject(s) - rationality , possession (linguistics) , interpretation (philosophy) , epistemology , interpreter , philosophy , variety (cybernetics) , principle of rationality , ecological rationality , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , programming language
Abstract A variety of interpreters have argued that Kant construes the animality of human beings as ‘transformed’, in some sense, through the possession of rationality. I argue that this interpretation admits of multiple readings and that it is either wrong, or doesn't result in the conclusion for which its proponents argue. I also explain the sense in which rationality nevertheless significantly differentiates human beings from other animals.