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Post by amen666 on Oct 28, 2008 0:38:36 GMT 8
In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286). In more technical terms it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive" (Bourke 263). Different degrees of emphasis on this method or theory lead to a range of rationalist standpoints, from the moderate position "that reason has precedence over other ways of acquiring knowledge" to the radical position that reason is "the unique path to knowledge" source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism
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Post by bianxraquel on Nov 15, 2008 4:18:05 GMT 8
i rationalize my way out of nutsty situations no matter how warped they are. that and what most of what society thinks as 'immoral' or whatever 'em people want to call it.
i'm talking about the defense mechanism and not rationalism per se. hey, rationalize rationalize rationalize. at least it keeps me sane
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Post by amen666 on Nov 15, 2008 20:37:08 GMT 8
i guess thats what everybody does. as for rationalism... if it really works in its absolute sense, i guess the world wouldnt be as f**ked up as it is right now, everybody have their own reason, so i guess thats what rationalism is only good at. its like a virus
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