A Picture of a Cat against Cholera? Rationality in History as Seen from a Universalist Perspective

Social Epistemology 34 (3):281-293 (2020)
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This essay has two purposes. One is to present a detailed analysis of a historical example to defend the validity of the idea of universal rationality. Although diverse arguments have been offered...

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