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struggle4progress

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Thu Sep-21-06 12:14 AM
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Poll question: What are the limits to rationality?

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Everyone, of course, thinks of himself or herself as a reasonable person, whose views are supported by rational thought.

Since there seem to be a diverse number of mutually inconsistent views, this raises the question whether different people mean the same thing by "logic" and what the status of any common core might be.

If one reasons according to reasoning rules, then some assumptions must be made to get the process going. What good is diligent reasoning from false assumptions? And, in fact, some rules might be more questionable than others

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