Rationality: The Critical View
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In our papers on the rationality of magic, we distinghuished, for purposes of analysis, three levels of rationality. First and lowest (rationalitYl) the goal- directed action of an agent with given aims and circumstances, where among his circumstances we included his knowledge and opinions. On this level the magician's treatment of illness by incantation is as rational as any traditional doctor's blood-letting or any modern one's use of anti-biotics...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:902473455X
ISBN13:9789024734559
Release Date:April 1987
Publisher:Springer
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.52 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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