Open AccessEnriching Rationality: Rehabilitating Practical Reason in Service to Sustainable Agriculture
Author(s) -
Betty L. Wells
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iowa state university summer symposium on science communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.31274/sciencecommunication-180809-52
Subject(s) - rationality , agriculture , service (business) , sustainable development , computer science , business , political science , epistemology , geography , philosophy , marketing , law , archaeology
An enriched notion of rationality, incorporating practical reason as a rational extension and necessary complement to technical rationality, would help to reorient agriculture on a more sustainable course. Strengthened professional practice would recognize the normative core of both theoretical and practical rationality and the value of contextually-sophisticated boundary critique.
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