RE: Rationally proving rationality
December 14, 2011 at 5:54 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2011 at 5:58 pm by Perhaps.)
(December 14, 2011 at 5:40 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Genkaus has answered everything you have pondered, more than satisfactorily - IMO.
By the way, what topic would you approach that is not of this Universe, reality or dimensions? A simple sentence should suffice as an answer to that query.
If you feel that way then there's no need to respond further. As for the topics which do not pertain to our universe, reality, or dimensions - God could be among them.
If you simply dismiss an argument because it proposes God then you are naive and ignorant. You become the equivalent to any who do the same but with an opposite position. An open mind is necessary if you are ever to grow as an intellectual.
(December 14, 2011 at 8:59 am)Magicthighs Wrote:(December 10, 2011 at 4:01 pm)Perhaps Wrote: "...Even rationality is grounded in a leap of intutition. There is no way to rationally prove that rationallity is a good way to look at the world. We intue it - that it is very helpful. And as we know, according to Pascal, the end point of rationallity is to demonstrate the limits to rationality."
Please define rationality.
Rationality - the state or quality of being rational.
Rational - Having or exercising reason.
Reason - the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences [based upon observations].
Brevity is the soul of wit.
