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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

      It is interesting to track connotations of word 'reason' over history & doing so is probably one of the most revealing things abt a society.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

      For much of the medieval period, it was dubious at best. Associated with human pride & attempts to attain knowledge outside divine wisdom.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

      Even Thomas Aquinas who attempted to prove God using only reason was clear that this was secondary to faith as an epistemology.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

      Luther was confusing on it, arguing that it was antithetical to faith but also that it was God-given & good & used correctly supports faith.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

      But the applicability of the words 'reason' & 'reasonable' expanded hugely & became unequivocally good following the Enlightenment.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          To call someone or something 'reasonable' is never a criticism & as well as intellectual qualities, it has taken on moral ones.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          If we say someone is being unreasonable, we might not just be pointing out error but also indicating that they are behaving badly.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          'There is no reasoning with some people' is an unambiguous criticism. Reason is not seen as one of a variety of equally valid approaches.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          But that is precisely what is under threat right now. Antimodernists do see reason as just one approach & this is starting to affect society

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          From faith & common sense on one side and culturally constructed subjectivity on the other, a return to folk wisdom is threatened.

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        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          To say 'I advocate for reason' can feel naive & dogmatic and some people who say this are naive & dogmatic but reason itself isn't.

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        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          A belief that reasoning is easy &the process unaffected by personal & cultural bias is naive & indicates a need for measures to reduce these

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        9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          A belief that reason can work on an intellectual abstract level which ignores local knowledge & is closed to people of faith is also nuts.

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        10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          But good criticisms of reason are seldom criticising reason itself but attitudes around it which are limiting its effectiveness.

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        11. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Sep 2017

          Because reason works & the only alternative is irrationalism and that doesn't.

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