2. is unacceptable because P is possible through mere coincidence. — TheMadFool
It's also true that "If its predictions are accurate, then logic is justified" sounds more like a definition than anything else — Srap Tasmaner
I don't know that you can make much more of this. — Srap Tasmaner
Michael Jackson.Some creative people function excellently while tending to be largely irrational. Isn't that right MJ and Kanye? — Greta
I don't know who MJ is, but are you able to rationalize your mention of Kanye? — raza
We are conducting a lightweight and pointless conversation from which I have been keenly hoping to extricate myself so, in context, a gossip mag is an appropriate reference.So you are not prepared to select one thing to back your statement other than link to a gossip mag? — raza
Do we have reasons to satisfy requirements of rationality? In other words, is rationality normative, i.e. to do with reasons? — mrnormal5150
You want a rational argument in support of rationality? Think on that for a bit. — Banno
Well, I'm not - in the sense that it's not a binary thing. Sometimes I am, sometimes I am not. Further when I am not rational, this does not entail that am irrational - which is a pejorative term. It just means I arrived at choices through non-rational means. I don't reason my way to the toilet when I have to pee, and similar decisions are made through non-rational intuitive processes throughout my day. Many decisions I make socially are emotion driven, intuition driven decisions, not ones made via linear deductive, say, mental verbal processes. Of course I use rational processes also.Why be rational?
The problem is, if you rely on rational reasoning to justify rationality, this is offering a circular argument; using the conclusion as a premise to justify Itself. — YusufPonders
Do we have reasons to satisfy requirements of rationality? In other words, is rationality normative, i.e. to do with reasons? — mrnormal5150
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