A Corpus Study on the Normativity of Rationality

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)
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Abstract

In this paper, we address a key question that has been central to discussions on rationality: is the concept of rationality normative or merely descriptive? We present the findings of a corpus-linguistic study revealing that people commonly perceive the concept of rationality as normative.

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Lucien Baumgartner
University of Zürich
Michael Messerli
University of Berne
Kevin Reuter
University of Zürich

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