Response to John A. Clark's Review of "The Limits of Reason"

Abstract

Though I read John A. Clark's somewhat provocative review of The Limits of Reason' with great care, I still do not have a clear picture of Clark's overall position on my theory of social indeterminacy and its application to law, education, morality, and cognitive science. In many places he is critical of my position, my methodology, and my actual arguments. Yet in other parts of the review, often in sections summarizing his arguments, Clark makes statements that strongly suggest a basic agreement with my position. One can, of course, be critical of some aspects of a work and agree with others. But what I am unable to do is relate his fervent support of rationalism and reason to statements recognizing the inadequacies, even the limits, of reason.