PHIL 4303 Chapter Notes - Chapter Wk 3: Conjunction Fallacy, Classical Logic, Rationality
11 Apr 2016
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The three readings for our third week of class each explore the rationality of humans. The first of the three readings, dreams and facts by bertrand russell, discusses the concept of dreams as the fulfillment of our wishes and then continues to delve into beliefs and their places in rational thought and action. Russell explains that in our personal beliefs and convictions, there are two ways in which the natural beliefs that we hold can be corrected and altered if they are wrong. The first way that our beliefs can potentially be corrected is in a situation in which our own beliefs conflict with other beliefs that we hold. The second way, russell explains, is if we were to be confronted with facts to disprove our inaccurate beliefs. Our relations with other humans, other rational beings, help to dispel many myths that we believe to be true.
