Posted: Jul 29, 2011 4:09 am
igorfrankensteen wrote:This all seems to be a bit mixed up. It wasn't clear in the opening post, whether The Doctor was writing in SUPPORT of reason, or against it, and he later added that he supports it, but that still leaves the opening post dangling a bit.
For myself, I would disagree that it is AS IMPORTANT as Dr Who seems to think, that someone has "faith " in reason before using it. Reason is a TOOL, not a philosophy, and not an imaginary external force of some kind. It is NOT an authority (though many people try to pretend it is), any more than a hammer is an authority on how to build houses.
There are times when reason does not bring about a desired, or even a logical result. When that happens, the self-empowered tool user selects something else from the box.
I am talking about the utility of reason. Is reason a tool that you trust? I see you using it so I assume that you do trust it.
Why do you trust it?