Metaphysics, History, And Rational Justification

This article addresses Franklin Gamwell's critique of Alasdair MacIntyre's account of the nature of rational justification. I argue that MacIntyreans have good reasons to take seriously Gamwell's critique, and thus to reformulate MacIntyre's position to make clear that that posit...

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Main Author: Reames, Kent (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1999
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-281
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Transcendental
B Tradition
B Rationality
B Metaphysics
B Historicism
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Summary:This article addresses Franklin Gamwell's critique of Alasdair MacIntyre's account of the nature of rational justification. I argue that MacIntyreans have good reasons to take seriously Gamwell's critique, and thus to reformulate MacIntyre's position to make clear that that position does not rest on a denial of all a priori claims. The author outlines such a reformulation, drawing heavily on MacIntyre's account (in his 1990 Aquinas Lecture) of the place of a priori claims within the development of rational traditions of inquiry. When thus rethought, MacIntyre's position grounds a twofold response to Gamwell's critique.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00017