(March 9, 2011 at 9:10 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: Ehhh... it's really hard to separate the emotional/pragmatic ties to our evaluations as to what is true and not. But given how strongly that changes the answer: I suppose their beliefs must be based on logic (which is to say that they are taken on a circular system of faith that seems to work exceedingly well on all counts).
I'm half tempted to answer that it isn't possible to hold a belief uninfluenced by emotion/pragmatism... but I somehow do not believe that is the answer you're looking for
The whole point in discussing them is to find flaws, Overcome our biases.
Pragmatism is irrelevant towards the truth, finding a belief useful does not necessitate it is true and thus to permit it's validity as a standard of evidence towards justification or knowledge is to permit a great many contradictory beliefs.
To have an emotional response to a proposition is also useless if you want to know the truth or be justified in believing a proposition to be true, emotional responses permit a great many contradictory conclusions so they are also irrelevant.
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