PHILOS 2CT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rationality
14 Sep 2016
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Why we don"t need to win arguments by amy leask. To make sure there isn"t one winner in an argument: listen. Admit that there might be another way to look at things. So much information to process in modern day. We need to evaluate more claims, more rapidly, in order to make decisions concerning situations that are increasingly complex: education, jobs, relationships, politics, society, health, good consumption, nances, succession. Our capacity to recognize good information and dismiss inaccurate or misleading claims is crucial. Less social pressures/more choices on the basis of this information. Recognize good information versus dismiss bad/inaccurate/misleading claims is crucial. We need to deliberate and debate on issues in a democratic context: faith, religion, sexuality, gender, freedom, economic and social policies, place of education, art and culture, access to public funding, etc. Debate on issues in a democratic context. Argumentation needs to conform to rules (i. e. standards of rationality)
