Introduction

The almost ubiquitous view remains that knowledge is not actually created, but instead is somehow derived. We have this idea that is still regarded by members of the intelligencia. All we need are those arting points, and then we mechanically follow a process of logical proof in finding what is true about reality. And so long as we can fulfil this process, we are being rational. We are using our reason in order to come to a deeper understanding of reality. This entire conception of knowledge also at the core of people's mistaken beliefs about what people are, and hence how people can be rational.