Of course not, but ‘rationality’ feels like a toolbox to me, and ‘rationalism’ feels like a collection of beliefs. I don’t want to give people the impression that I believe something because it’s part of rationalism, and I think it’s right because rationalism said so.
It was mostly just a feeling, though, that strongly agreed with the concerns Vladimir_Nesov expressed.
If you have the impression that your selected identity implies some way of thinking, then you will tend to adopt that kind of thinking. Identities are dangerousthings.
Agreed. Related: -isms give me a prickly feeling of “self-trusting system”.
So? Changing the name doesn’t change whether “rationalism” is a “self-trusting system”, it only changes your impression of it.
Of course not, but ‘rationality’ feels like a toolbox to me, and ‘rationalism’ feels like a collection of beliefs. I don’t want to give people the impression that I believe something because it’s part of rationalism, and I think it’s right because rationalism said so.
It was mostly just a feeling, though, that strongly agreed with the concerns Vladimir_Nesov expressed.
If you have the impression that your selected identity implies some way of thinking, then you will tend to adopt that kind of thinking. Identities are dangerous things.