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Philosophical issue 4

what is it to be rational?

Garry Young

pp. 126-135

Abstrakt

Suppose someone were to declare as they began eating their meal: "This food is poisoned and will kill me if I eat it [as they continue to eat it] and I have no wish to die". They further declare, truthfully, that they are not being coerced into eating the food, nor do they feel compelled to do so; yet still they consume the food. Is this an example of an irrational act? If so, what makes it irrational? If not, why not?

Publication details

Published in:

Young Garry (2013) Philosophical psychopathology: philosophy without thought experiments. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 126-135

DOI: 10.1057/9781137329325_10

Referenz:

Young Garry (2013) Philosophical issue 4: what is it to be rational?, In: Philosophical psychopathology, Dordrecht, Springer, 126–135.