Pragmatistističko gledište o racionalnosti i kulturnoj razlici
A Pragmatist View of Rationality and Cultural Difference

Summary/Abstract: I shall begin by distinguishing three senses of the term "rationality". Rationality(l) is the name of an ability which squids have more of than amoebas, which language-using human beings have more of than nonlanguage-using anthropoids, and which human beings armed with modern technology have more of than those not so armed: the ability to cope with the environment by adjusting one's reactions to environmental stimuli in more complex and delicate ways. This is sometimes called "technical reason", and sometimes "skill at survival". It is ethically neutral, in the sense that this ability, by itself, does not help one decide to what species or to what culture it would be best to belong.

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