Philosophy – Rational Future

A Rational Renaissance

Rationality training would provide students with specific skills, teaching them how to reason and how to anticipate cognitive bias. Yet, the knowledge of what rationality is maybe culturally more important than the technical knowledge about how to reason.

Ivan Phillips April 2, 2018 February 21, 2021 Culture / Ideal Rationality / Philosophy

The Rationality of Induction

Induction is the idea that the past is a guide to the future. We believe the Sun will rise tomorrow because it has risen in the past. Unfortunately, attempts to prove that induction is rational have failed. In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, published in 1748, David Hume wrote: “That …

Ivan Phillips January 5, 2012 August 6, 2018 Ideal Rationality / Philosophy