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I'm tired of such preoccupation on some nebulous notion of "rationality," when any cursory reading of philosophy, particularly of mathematics, informs one of th

I'm tired of such preoccupation on some nebulous notion of "rationality," when any cursory reading of philosophy, particularly of mathematics, informs one of the subjectivity inherent in the choice of one's axioms and definitions, especially amidst type theory's recent resurgence. So, no: "rationality" is not common knowledge. Perhaps I don't accept the Axiom of Choice, yet you do? Perhaps my definition of "authority" differs from yours? I am reminded of Richard Hofstadter, who said something to the effect of: "anti-intellectualism is the idea that my ignorance is just as good as your expertise."

acituan 5y ago
Please don’t confuse rationality with rationalism. Nor we should reduce it to inferential processing of axioms and propositions. I’m surprised your cursory reading of philosophy haven’t encountered for example the Aristotelian golden ratio (root word for reason) and its application in virtue ethics, or the word logos that the entire christian culture was built on, or that should be familiar to anyone that has studied anything -logy. We all actively participate in rationality with varying degrees of success. And calling out personal attacks made at the expense of actual counter-arguments is rational both in the sense of proportionality, appropriateness and even as a call for virtuousness.