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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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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But the applicability of the words 'reason' & 'reasonable' expanded hugely & became unequivocally good following the Enlightenment.
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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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But good criticisms of reason are seldom criticising reason itself but attitudes around it which are limiting its effectiveness.
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Because reason works & the only alternative is irrationalism and that doesn't.
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