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Man The Rational Animal?

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This paper considers well known results of psychological researchinto the fallibility of human reason, and philosophical conclusionsthat some have drawn from these results. Close attention to theexact content of the results casts doubt on the reasoning that leadsto those conclusions.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Brown University Providence, RI, U.S.A.

    Ernest Sosa

  2. Department of Philosophy, King's College, London, U.K.

    David Galloway

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Sosa, E., Galloway, D. Man The Rational Animal?. Synthese 122, 165–178 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005276228154

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