Someone else replied:
>Absolutely not. Belief in the virtues of rationality is not without
>good evidence. And nothing is beyond criticism, including rationality.
>There is no faith involved.
And Loki asked:
>What criterion does one use to determine if rationality has virtues --
>regardless of what one thinks of the evidence in question? What meta-system
>does one use to critique rationality? Induction?
Simple observation will show that rationality has one major bonus over
irrationality: since the thought process is consious, one can track the
process and verify each step. But irrationality has the advantage of speed.
(It doesn't take as long to reach a conclusion, because there isn't as much
self-analysis.) I think.
Corey A. Cook
cookcore@esuvm.emporia.edu
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