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The rationale of rationalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

Walter Veit Open the ORCID record for Walter Veit [Opens in a new window] ,
Joe Dewhurst ,
Krzysztof Dołęga ,
Max Jones ,
Shaun Stanley ,
Keith Frankish  and
Daniel C. Dennett
Walter Veit
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, United Kingdom. wrwveit@gmail.comMax.Jones@bristol.ac.ukshaun.stanley@bristol.ac.uk8https://walterveit.com/http://www.maxjonesphilosophy.com/
Joe Dewhurst
Affiliation:
MCMP, LMU Munich, 80539Munich, Germany. joseph.e.dewhurst@gmail.comhttps://joedewhurst.weebly.com/
Krzysztof Dołęga
Affiliation:
Institut für Philosophie 2, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801Bochum. krzysztof.dolega@rub.dehttps://www.krysdolega.xyz/
Max Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, United Kingdom. wrwveit@gmail.comMax.Jones@bristol.ac.ukshaun.stanley@bristol.ac.uk8https://walterveit.com/http://www.maxjonesphilosophy.com/
Shaun Stanley
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, United Kingdom. wrwveit@gmail.comMax.Jones@bristol.ac.ukshaun.stanley@bristol.ac.uk8https://walterveit.com/http://www.maxjonesphilosophy.com/
Keith Frankish
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, SheffieldS10 2TN, United Kingdom. k.frankish@sheffield.ac.ukhttps://www.keithfrankish.com/
Daniel C. Dennett
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA02155. Daniel.Dennett@tufts.eduhttps://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/
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Abstract

While we agree in broad strokes with the characterisation of rationalization as a “useful fiction,” we think that Fiery Cushman's claim remains ambiguous in two crucial respects: (1) the reality of beliefs and desires, that is, the fictional status of folk-psychological entities and (2) the degree to which they should be understood as useful. Our aim is to clarify both points and explicate the rationale of rationalization.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e53
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