tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post3569284475126517562..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: The weirdness of unreasonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-80261373378057772432013-11-15T10:57:53.453+00:002013-11-15T10:57:53.453+00:00Paddington - good point. It's a weakness in th...Paddington - good point. It's a weakness in the argument which doesn't really account for the anticipation of consequences, especially those we have yet to experience. We seem to do it by analogy with historical precedents.<br /><br />Sackers - that's an interesting essay. Sometimes I'm convinced and sometimes not. <br /><br />Although I also take a certain amount of gloomy satisfaction from predicting a decline and fall, my allegiance to the idea is not wholehearted.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-9345950007688882252013-11-15T07:13:12.320+00:002013-11-15T07:13:12.320+00:00I forget which modern philosopher said it, but it ...I forget which modern philosopher said it, but it was to the effect that reason applies to the logical process and not to your basic principle/assumptions.<br /><br />Very interesting essay on ages of reason and unreason by Archdruid Greer this week, relates to your idea of personal narrative connecting your experiences:<br /><br />http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/toward-green-future-part-two-age-of.htmlSackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45226793954206772242013-11-15T01:20:48.325+00:002013-11-15T01:20:48.325+00:00My take is that it isn't rational/irrational. ...My take is that it isn't rational/irrational. The difference is a spectrum behaviour. Rational means thinking before you act, rationalizing is explaining after the fact why you did things. I saw the latter in all of my children when they were younger.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.com