Cognitive science has posed some radical challenges to philosophy in recent years, particularly in the study of the cognitive activities and capacities of individuals. Many philosophers have taken up the challenge, and one result has been the emergence of a radical new wave of relativism, one that assaults the credibility of rationalist views. In this book Nenad Mis c evic defends naturalistic rationalism against these recent relativist attacks.

The book begins with an excellent introduction to cognitive science, and goes on to create a searching defence of human rationality and of...