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Ep. 41 - What is Rationality?

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

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Is There a Right or a Wrong Normative Theory?

Choniak says scientists are using formal theories that can only be applied in very limited contexts. If I try to apply them comprehensively in my life from within the finitary predicament, I am doomed to fail and then you're laying an ought on me that I cannot possibly meet. And that's Choniak's argument. It's a powerful argument. But St. Avitch and West reply? They say, all of this is right, but it's not about rationality. There's no point of yesterday that However, Chaniac is talking about one thing and he's actually talking about another.

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