>I don't think "rational" is a always synonym for "logical," though it
>_can_ be. It can (and often does) simply mean "makes sense" or "is
>intelligible within a certain framework" (but need _not_ be a rigorous
>formal deduction from that framework, as would be the case if one meant
>"logical" by it). You yourself note rationality is internaly conferred
>only "to _some_ degree" (emphasis added).
>
>And frankly, I think it nonsense to interpret a strong or flat argument
>as claiming the status of a god. That's cheap rhetoric. In fact it's
>bullshit. You can always argue against a position someone takes,
>regardless of how strongly they assert it. A god has power to implement
>his/her diktat.
>
>Carrol
>
>P.S. The meaning of a word as a word _is_ its whole history, not what
>someone says it ought to mean. And we do haved a nearly godlike :-)
>source for that:
>
>_Rationality_ in OED
We don't need 25k postings consisting of an extract from the OED - especially when they're appended to a pissy lecture. Very annoying.
Doug