the postrationalist view on "classical liberalism" is probably: - "thinking" and "rationality" are broadly culturally determined, and transmitted through rituals/rites that shape your thoughts - given a strong foundation of culture and ritual, rational individualism is possible
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but also postrationalists, like the postmodernists to the modernists, recognize that constructs such as rationality break down at the limits and are fundamentally tied to our "cognitive ecology" (to quote rsbakker), so they are sensitive to shifts in e.g. technology, or values
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Replying to @olivertraldi @simpolism and
'Things break down at the edges is the lazy way to deal with complex edge cases' :D
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Replying to @olivertraldi @orthonormalist and
but if your system is meant to be eternal and encompassing, and it does break down at the edges . . . maybe the center's not long for the world either that doesn't mean it's not a useful system im gonna use newtonian mechanics in everyday life even though it's "wrong"
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Replying to @willmuessig @orthonormalist and
yes, it's a good model for functionality! but I think you sacrifice you claim on universal truth if you build a system that explicitly attempts to mitigate its own failure
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