Abstract
Despite being one of the oldest topics in the history of western philosophy, the nature of rationality is still a substantial source of disagreement, especially when it comes to its normativity. Current theories of rationality are either not exhaustive enough or do not sufficiently account for the normativity of rational requirements. In this thesis, I am interested in whether there is plausible ground for developing an initial account of rationality as an intellectual virtue in a way that is both more exhaustive than other theories on offer and that provides a strong account of the normativity of rationality. I argue for a tripartite account of rationality as an intellectual virtue, based on the most plausible elements of both a general theory of rationality and a general theory of intellectual virtue...
Ph.D. (Philosophy)