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ALASDAIR MACINTYRE O RACIONALNOSTI
ALASDAIR MACINTYRE ON RATIONALITY

Author(s): Oliver Jurišić
Contributor(s): Kevin Sullivan (Translator)
Subject(s): Philosophy, Epistemology, Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet
Keywords: Alasdair MacIntyre; rationality; encyclopedia; genealogy; practice; epistemological crisis; narration; tradition; telos;

Summary/Abstract: In this article we introduce some ideas on rationality of the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. In the introduction, elements that have influenced MacIntyre’s concept of rationality are briefly introduced: the question of moral philosophy. In the two subsequent sections, two concepts of rationality are reviewed: encyclopedic rationality, and genealogical rationality. The subsequent sections explore MacIntyre’s ideas on rationality with the following elements: practice, narration, epistemological crisis, and telos. In the fifth section, the idea of substantial rationality is considered, and in the final section two critical observations are proposed regarding MacIntyre’s idea of rationality: these are relativism and the rationality of evil practices, introducing MacIntyre’s possible answer to these problems.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 467-481
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Croatian