[lbo-talk] rationality (was: SPIEGEL on Dresden

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Feb 17 06:27:30 PST 2005


Travis:
> Rationality is internally conferred to some degree. One can be mistaken
> about ends and means and still be rational. Anything more than that and
you
> have ascended to the status of a god i.e., perfect foresight. Could we
> please stop throwing the term rational around like it had some connection
> with "rightness" "effective" and the like.
>

This is the way rationality is seen by economists and theologians - and reflects the poverty of their thought.

An alternative definition would be informed by the way human mind actually operates under the condition of imperfect information - which is its normal operating condition. Under that condition, human mind does what the economists and theologians have not even dreamed of - it turns imperfect information into semi-certitudes by the process of framing.

Wojtek



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