Larry Laudan Quote

When a thinker does what it is rational to do, we need inquire no further into the causes of his actions; whereas, when he does what is in fact irrational — even if he believes it to be rational — we require some further explanation.


Progress and Its Problems: Toward a Theory of Scientific Growth, Chapter Six (pp. 188-189), University of California Press. 1977


When a thinker does what it is rational to do, we need inquire no further into the causes of his actions; whereas, when he does what is in fact...

When a thinker does what it is rational to do, we need inquire no further into the causes of his actions; whereas, when he does what is in fact...

When a thinker does what it is rational to do, we need inquire no further into the causes of his actions; whereas, when he does what is in fact...

When a thinker does what it is rational to do, we need inquire no further into the causes of his actions; whereas, when he does what is in fact...