Rationality/Irrationality :: Elster/Bourdieu

The jumping-off point for these remarks is Jon Elster's Lecon Inaugurale at the College de France whichi he delivered on June 1, 2006. For a commentator, these lessons have two advantages: these are brief and they are meant to sum up, for an extremely sophisticated audience of nonspecialists, i...

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Published in:The Philosophical forum 2013-09, Vol.44 (3), p.295-326
Main Author: Earle, William James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Elster, Jon
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
Philosophers
Philosophy
Rationality
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Summary:The jumping-off point for these remarks is Jon Elster's Lecon Inaugurale at the College de France whichi he delivered on June 1, 2006. For a commentator, these lessons have two advantages: these are brief and they are meant to sum up, for an extremely sophisticated audience of nonspecialists, if the not the core, at least a central component of their authors' work.
ISSN:0031-806X
1467-9191
DOI:10.1111/phil.12016