"The View from Within" from Without On Changing One's Normative Framework

Rationality demands that we change our minds when we find our thinking violates the normative frameworks we embrace, or when our normative frameworks themselves are found wanting. But how can we change our minds about the very standards we rely on to change our minds? This paradox is crucial to philosophers and matters to all thoughtful practitioners. It must be resolved if we are to understand how, say, scientists, religious believers, politicians, and psychotherapists working within their respective frameworks may come to reflect rationally on their orientation itself. In "The View from Within," philosophers Menachem Fisch and Yitzhak Benbaji offer a solution of rigor and elegance, showing how dialogue with critics can foster creative ambivalence that lets us question our own commitments. The present volume brings together the thought and reflection of leading philosophers, social scientists, scholars of religion, and historians, each addressing the implications of "The View from Within" from her or his own vantage and perspective.