“非理性是在理性范围内的失败”,这是戴维森在《非理性的悖论》(1978)一文中提出的名言。初读此话,不求甚解:作为理性之异端的非理性何以进入理性的范围?细读戴维森的论证,方领悟其中真谛:一切被称作非理性的行为都包含着理性推理的内核,而它们之所以被称作非理性,只是由于在对这些行为的理由说明和因果说明之间出 “Irrationality is a failure within reason,” is Davidson’s famous quote in The Irrational Paradox (1978). The first reading of this statement, do not ask for the solution: as rational heresy of irrationality into the scope of reason? Read Davison’s argument, square comprehend the essence of which: all known as irrational behavior contains the core of rational reasoning, and their It is therefore called irrationality simply because of the justification and causal explanation of these actions