Rationality as Effective Organisation of Interaction and Its Naturalist Framework

Axiomathes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-172

  Hooker, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytic tradition; Anticipative learning; Double loop learning; Fallibility; Interactivism; Naturalism; Normative knowledge; Norms; Rational agency; Rationality; Reason; Self directed

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952330838     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10516-010-9131-y     Document Type: Article

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