This volume rethinks debates about reason’s universality and relativity by foregrounding its inherent locality. Rather than seeing reason as either universally valid or irreducibly relative, the book explores how rationality is always shaped by different contexts, drawing on vast research from metaphysics to economy. Through diverse case studies and theoretical analyses, the contributors argue that understanding reason’s localized forms reveals new possibilities for philosophy, challenging traditional dichotomies and opening paths toward a more nuanced conception of rationality.

Author Biography

Lara Scaglia is Associate Researcher at the IIFs of the UNAM. Between 2020 and 2023, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Philosophy, University of Warsaw. She received her doctorate from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Michał Dobrzański is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. His research interests include social philosophy and non-classical German philosophy. He has published in Polish, German, English, and Italian.

Adam Klewenhagen worked in the Locality of Reason project at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, between 2020 and 2024. He is interested in Marxist epistemology and philosophy of language. Currently he is a full-time philosophy teacher in high school.

Wojciech Kozyra is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. His research focuses on Kant’s philosophy of religion in the context of the early modern period and the Enlightenment.

Marcin Poręba is Professor and Head of the Department of Modern Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. His main areas of research are metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the history of modern and contemporary philosophy.

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