The Normativity of Rationality

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Abstract This article is an introduction to the recent debate about whether rationality is normative – that is, very roughly, about whether we should have attitudes which fit together in a coherent way. I begin by explaining an initial problem – the ‘detaching problem’– that arises on the assumption that we should have coherent attitudes. I then explain the prominent ‘wide‐scope’ solution to this problem, and some of the central objections to it. I end by considering the options that arise if we reject the wide‐scope solution.

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