RE: Justification for Foundational Belief
August 6, 2012 at 9:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2012 at 9:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Fair enough Genk. I have to point out that your ruling out emotion as a foundational belief due to a perception of functionality at this point (or a lack thereof, in this case). Emotion "doesn't work". Weren't we trying to avoid the implication that "functionality" and not "truth" is what we're actually after (or that functionality is actually what we mean by truth in the first place) ?
I wholeheartedly agree with you that there are problems with leveraging emotion as a foundational belief upon which a system of knowledge could be built. Problems also exist with our other offerings. I don't mind choosing between one or the other based on functionality alone. I was under the impression that you did. Or perhaps I just don't understand where the distinction lies (maybe I missed a post?).
I wholeheartedly agree with you that there are problems with leveraging emotion as a foundational belief upon which a system of knowledge could be built. Problems also exist with our other offerings. I don't mind choosing between one or the other based on functionality alone. I was under the impression that you did. Or perhaps I just don't understand where the distinction lies (maybe I missed a post?).
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