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Rationalization is usually said when the conclusion comes first, and the "reasoning" latter. First you decide what you think, then why. This "reasoning" is cons
by josinalvo 11y ago
Rationalization is usually said when the conclusion comes first, and the "reasoning" latter. First you decide what you think, then why. This "reasoning" is considered suspect, and called a rationalization.
- dang 11y ago"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do." http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page18.htm http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page18.htm
- OJFord 11y agoThis is what I mean below [0] really - I think the doubt cast on the validity of the thought/decision/thing being rationalised it is asked of someone else. My rationalisation is just what I think makes it rational. No negative connotations here. "How do you rationalise that, then?" is where the doubt creeps in. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10748700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10748700
- isolate 11y agoWhat's interesting is that this is actually how the human brain works. It was in the news and stuff a while ago.
- OJFord 11y agoHa. I see it now. For some reason on first read I took the author to have hard-left views and objected to the thought that a right-winged attitude might dare to deem something rational. I think I just presumed someone blogging about being discriminated against for political views would have left-wing political views. I didn't really realise US academia was so skewed left politically; completely misread the subtext.