(May 4, 2011 at 6:37 pm)Boreasos Wrote: In my view irrationality is simply the lack of rational thought, where a rational thought is one that is backed up by evidence and/or valid logic. An irrational belief would therefore be one that is believed even when there is no demonstrable evidence to support it, or there is demonstrable evidence that contradicts it.
Just so that I am sure of your position: let's say I hold belief B, and there exists demonstrable evidence and/or a valid logical argument for B, but I am not aware of that evidence or argument. Would B still be "rational"? And is any argument that is not rational automatically "irrational", or is there an intermediate "
arational" category (like moral, immoral and amoral)?
Quote:Under this definition I therefore classify theism as an irrational belief, since there is no demonstrable evidence to support it.
When you say there is no evidence, do you mean that you, personally, are not aware of any evidence, or that there is actually no evidence?
