Rationalism, Principles, and Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6400407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shirley Robin Letwin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 367-393 |
| Publication date | 1952-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003467050000348x |
| OpenAlex | W2124753742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
That politics should not be a matter either of impulse and whim or of pure ratiocination, hardly anyone will dispute. But there is no settled agreement on the precise role that reason should play in political decisions. Disagreement is aggravated because those who have written on the question usually intended to correct some prevalent error and in their fervor have often fostered other, equally pernicious, errors. As a result, discussion about the nature of political reasoning has tended to oscillate between extreme positions that hardly anyone would uphold consistently. This tendency is illustrated once again in the recent attacks on Rationalism, where the authors, in criticizing the Rationalist misuse of reason, seem to identify all abstract reasoning with Rationalism and appear to distrust all general principles
Distrust · Economics · Epistemology · Fallacy · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Rationalism · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1952 - 2026 (75) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |