Principles of rationality
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F14%3A33150648" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/14:33150648 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3" target="_blank" >10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Principles of rationality
Original language description
The paper deals with the epistemological topic of rationality. Are there any general principles of rationality? How is the concept of common sense connected to rationality and scientific cognition? The aim of this article is to answer these questions. Firstly, the author defines the main principles of rationality. We distinguish two main groups of such principles: the principles concerning the system of beliefs and the principles concerning inferential mechanisms. The members of the first group are for instance ontological realism precondition, confidence in the empirical evidence, confidence in accepted cognitive frame, the ability to negate beliefs, causality supposition, which will be analyzed in more detail, and so on. In particular, we analyze and classify the fallacies from the causality supposition. As it is concerned inferential mechanisms, we make a distinction between concept inference and propositional inference. Concept inference concerns deriving new concepts from well-known ones, and propositional inference concerns deriving new propositions from some set of propositions. The respective methods of concept inference are introduced with concrete examples. The methods of proposition inference are well known induction, deduction, and analogy. Finally, we describe the relation between the common sense, principles of rationality and the scientific cognition. The common sense is considered as the prerequisite for scientific cognition.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.30.0004" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0004: POST-UP</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
SGEM 2014, International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on Social Sciences and Arts
ISBN
978-619-7105-29-2
ISSN
2367-5659
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
823-830
Publisher name
STEF92 Technology Ltd
Place of publication
Albena
Event location
Albena
Event date
Sep 1, 2014
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
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