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Practical Rationality: Critical Questions For Rational Decision Making, Mark Battersby
Practical Rationality: Critical Questions For Rational Decision Making, Mark Battersby
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Critical thinking should be conceived as instruction in applied rationality providing guidance for deciding what to believe and do. The latter has not gotten the attention it deserves, but in expanding its ambit, critical thinking instruction must avoid using the dominant “rational choice” model inherited from economics. This paper argues for an alternative model of rational decision making that is appropriate for critical thinking courses.
Commentary On Waleed Mebane’S “Confidence In Arguments In Dialogues For Practical Reasoning”, Marcin Lewinski
Commentary On Waleed Mebane’S “Confidence In Arguments In Dialogues For Practical Reasoning”, Marcin Lewinski
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Commentary on Waleed Mebane’s “Confidence in Arguments in Dialogues for Practical Reasoning”
The Incommensurability Of Values Problem, Julder Gómez
The Incommensurability Of Values Problem, Julder Gómez
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How to make a reasonable decision in a pluralistic community when two of their highest values (CP and CN) are incommensurable, one of them (CP) is used as a premise in favor of a proposal (C), and the other one (CN) is used as a premise against the very same proposal? After considering previous answers to similar questions, I suggest establishing new hierarchies of values from the point of view of their conditions of possibility.
Commentary On Castro, “Negotiation As A Disagreement Management Tool”, Fabrizio Macagno
Commentary On Castro, “Negotiation As A Disagreement Management Tool”, Fabrizio Macagno
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Negotiation As A Disagreement Management Tool, Diego Castro
Negotiation As A Disagreement Management Tool, Diego Castro
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Can we negotiate our way out of disagreements? When the chances of persuading the counterpart are low, it might be possible to shift a persuasion to a negotiation dialogue. But what are the conditions for that shift? I will argue that, at least, the following conditions must hold: the disagreement must be practical rather than theoretical; and the parties must be willing to make a sacrifice. When that happens, disagreements can be negotiated, and such negotiation will be a type of practical argumentation.
Comparing Two Models Of Evidence, Tone Kvernbekk
Comparing Two Models Of Evidence, Tone Kvernbekk
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The context for this paper is evidence-based practice (EBP). EBP is about production of desirable change. The evidence should come from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). To make sense of RCT evidence it must be placed in an argument structure. I compare two different models, Toulmin and Cartwright, and investigate whether the two models can be merged into one. I shall argue that such merging is not feasible.
Considering The Roles Of Values In Practical Reasoning Argumentation Evaluation, Michael D. Baumtrog
Considering The Roles Of Values In Practical Reasoning Argumentation Evaluation, Michael D. Baumtrog
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Building upon the role values take in Walton’s theory of practical reasoning, this paper will frame the question of how values should be evaluated into the broader question of what reasonable practical argumentation is. The thesis argued for is that if a positive evaluation of practical reasoning argumentation requires that the argument avoid a morally negative conclusion, then the role of values should be given a central, rather than supportive, position in practical argument evaluation.
Practical Reasoning As Creative Social Imagination, Radu Neculau, James Bradley
Practical Reasoning As Creative Social Imagination, Radu Neculau, James Bradley
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According to Charles Taylor, practical reasoning helps us overcome cultural conflicts of val-ue when we are able to show that the passage from one value to another represents an epistemic gain. This paper argues that practical reasoning can be effective in pathological cases of cultural convergence but only if it is understood as a species of the creative social imagination.