What Is Rationality, Anyway?

Peter Dennis (LSE)

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What Is Rationality, Anyway?
 
Tuesday 13 January, 6.30 – 8pm
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
 
Peter Dennis, LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow

Chair: Jonathan Birch, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow

Appeals to rationality are found in every area of life. We all aspire to be rational, and criticise others when we think they’re being irrational. But how can we accuse one other of being irrational if we don’t know what it is? In this lecture, Peter Dennis will consider what rationality is—and why we need it.  

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSErationality    


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