Definition of “rationalism” from the Eggplant book draft. If you identify as a rationalist, I’m curious whether you find this accurate, and if not, why not?pic.twitter.com/2cvo7478fj
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Wrt normativity, I think that rationalism is about as normative as atheism: the position is epistemological and instrumental, not normative. But in practice, you will find people that are normative, often because they have terminal purposes that rationally require rationalism.
The rationalism attractor can be explained in three ways: 1. Rationalism is not an epistemological position but a social self-help movement for nerds, 2. Rationalism breaks the minds of its hosts so they cannot escape, 3. Rationalism entails metarationalism. I think it's mostly 3
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