Apprehension: Reason in the Absence of Rules (Ashgate Epistemology & Mind) (Ashgate Epistemology & Mind) [Paperback]

Lynn Holt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2002 | ISBN-10: 0754606643 | ISBN-13: 978-0754606642

This work introduces and explores the role of apprehension in reasoning - setting out the problems, determining the vocabulary, fixing the boundaries and questioning what is often taken for granted. Lynn Holt argues that a robust conception of rationality must include intellectual virtues which cannot be reduced to a set of rules for reasoners, and argues that the virtue of apprehension, an acquired disposition to see things correctly, is required if rationality is to be defensible. Drawing on an Aristotelian conception of intellectual virtue and examples from the sciences, Holt shows why impersonal standards for rationality are misguided, why foundations for knowledge are the last elements to emerge from inquiry not the first, and why intuition is a poor substitute for virtue. By placing the current scene in historical perspective, Holt displays the current impasse as the inevitable outcome of the replacement of intellectual virtue with method in the early modern philosophical imagination.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754606643
• ISBN-13: 978-0754606642
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,602,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynn Holt is Professor of Philosophy at Mississippi State University. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on subjects ranging from nonlinear dynamics to medical ethics. His curent research focus is on reason, rationality, and intellectual virtue.