Steve, Ron, Marsha ... (and DMB and Matt) et al Yes, and we are just back round to the core point again ... a pragmatic definition of good "reason" - good intellectual quality - once we've agred that it's not "faith". Harris also acknowledges that this is not a trivial question.
I'm pretty sure Marsha is screwing "GOF Rationality" - the overly objective / scentific kind. Even reason has its unfortunate traditions. No one is screwing "good quality" reasoning. Ian On 1/31/08, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Ron, Marsha, Ian, > > Steve: > I'm not sure that Marsha's "screw reason" is to be taken really > seriously. > > As I've said before, reason is just a word for itellectual quality. It > doesn't presuppose specific rules for deciding what ideas have quality > i.e are reasonable. "Screw intellectual quality" sounds like a very bad > policy to me. If she was serious it is the equal of religious people's > rejection of reason in the name of faith. > > Regards, > Steve > > > Steve, > Well said. By the way, thank you for introducing me to Sam Harris. > His work from my perspective, has high intellectual quality. > Much appreciated. > -Ron > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
