PHIL 373 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Homo Economicus, Scientific Method
16 Nov 2016
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Life order includes politics but isn(cid:495)t only politics: all categories of thinking, rationalist. Reason: proposing hyper-rational life order, what is reason, wants to defend (cid:494)be reasonable(cid:495) To account for my thoughts to other rational beings. To be able to act in correlation with rational individuals (cid:494)think rationally(cid:495) Especially with those who don(cid:495)t think as we do. Able to discuss with those who disagree with us. Irrational is refusing to communicate: total will to communicate, reason is a source of order, makes us engage in civil, orderly conversation, it is an atmosphere. Thinking doesn(cid:495)t always have a purpose: our thinking is excessively pragmatic. Rational individual is able to be persuaded by atmosphere. The absolute is not open to discussion: scientific thinking is an attitude. Reason like listening: reason listens to our existence. Freedom of speech: today we are not able to discuss certain things without causing offense and being deemed a bigot. Persuasion without manipulation: manipulation is covert, persuasion is honest.
