@article{867872,
      recid = {867872},
      author = {Bronner, Gérald, and Iorio, Francesco Di,},
      title = {The mystery of rationality : mind, beliefs and the social  sciences /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book contributes to the developing dialogue between  cognitive science and social sciences. It focuses on a  central issue in both fields, i.e. the nature and the  limitations of the rationality of beliefs and action. The  development of cognitive science is one of the most  important and fascinating intellectual advances of recent  decades, and social scientists are paying increasing  attention to the findings of this new branch of science  that forces us to consider many classical issues related to  epistemology and philosophy of action in a new light.  Analysis of the concept of rationality is a leitmotiv in  the history of the social sciences and has involved endless  disputes. Since it is difficult to give a precise  definition of this concept, and there is a lack of  agreement about its meaning, it is possible to say that  there is a {u2018}mystery of rationality{u2019}. What is it  to be rational? Is rationality merely instrumental or does  it also involve the endorsement of values, i.e. the choice  of goals? Should we consider rationality to be a normative  principle or a descriptive one? Can rationality be only  Cartesian or can it also be argumentative? Is rationality a  conscious skill or a partly tacit one? This book, which has  been written by an outstanding collection of authors,  including both philosophers and social scientists, tries to  make a useful contribution to the debates on these problems  and shed some light on the mystery of rationality. The  target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts  in the field.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/867872},
}