MacIntyre against Rationalism and Relativism

Subject Areas : Philosophy

هادی  صمدی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2010-02-12 Accepted : 2010-05-04 Published : 2009-03-21

Keywords: MacIntyre, rationalism, Relativism, Perspectivism, Tradition, enlightenment, epistemic crises,

Abstract :

AbstractMacIntyre, the contemporary Scottish philosopher, in chapter fifteen ofhis book, Who’s Justice? Which Rationality? (1988), has developed atheory on rationality that accordingly not only the traditions have notbeen considered as a treat to rationality but also they are the principalconstitutes of rationality. On the one hand, he offered some argumentsagainst relativism and perspectivism and, on the other hand, he didn’ttake of rationalists. Later, he became nearer to the rationalist camp inDependent Rational Animals (1999), but not so near that could becalled a full blooded rationalist. This article has a review on thismodification of his ideas on rationality.