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Essentially "I am rational therefore I am right". Another passage that rings a bell: > Today the method has a life of its own, driven by a community of people

• feet 4y ago
  >Essentially "I am rational therefore I am right". Sounds like basically the entirety of philosophy
  • avs733 4y ago
    not really. It is a specific school of philosophical thought - and the basis of a lot of the critiques of science, positivism.
  • ww_wpg 4y ago
    > > Essentially "I am rational therefore I am right". > Sounds like basically the entirety of philosophy That's the opposite of the experience I've observed. The starting point for a lot of philosophy students is learning the teachings of Plato and Socrates, among which the most famous is likely "I know that I know nothing"
    • nescioquid 4y ago
      The spirit of searching interrogation is there, along with Socrates' daemon who, Socrates said, prevented him from saying anything untrue (I'm hamming it up here). The philosophical prototype of Socrates also gives license to be a gad-fly, piss people off for a good cause, etc. Instead of offering to pay a modest fine when he was found guilty of corrupting the youth, Socrates was so certain of his rectitude he told the court he should instead be awarded free meals for life like the Olympic champions. Now there's someone with chutzpah.
  • collegeburner 4y ago
    There are plenty of schools of thought that start with "I am not likely rational" or "I can't know if I'm rational".
• Self-Perfection 4y ago
  What is alarming in this passage? Seems innocuous to me.