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Is the fear of irrational fears rational?
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RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational?
(August 6, 2017 at 4:03 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Well, some fears are in accord with reality.  I fear tigers because they might kill me.  I fear big waves because they might drown me.  Even though the emotion of fear is not a rational thing, most of our fears are in accord with actual danger.

An irrational fear would be one that is either at odds with what we can know logically, or is out of scale with what we can know logically.  Saying "irrational fear" is a shorthand expression.

I realize it's a shorthand expression. I think it's important to realize that "(ir)rational" is seemingly being used in two different senses in the subject (the first the shorthand version, the second meaning "in accordance with reason").
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RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by brewer - August 6, 2017 at 9:21 am
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by chimp3 - August 6, 2017 at 10:18 am
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by Regina - August 6, 2017 at 11:36 am
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by Jackalope - August 6, 2017 at 8:25 pm
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by Aegon - August 6, 2017 at 8:51 pm
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by Aegon - August 8, 2017 at 9:36 am
RE: Is the fear of irrational fears rational? - by Losty - August 13, 2017 at 9:48 pm

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