I am unsure whether I’ve grasped the mechanism behind this inner work stuff. You feel your limbs weird, and what? What implication are you trying to point to? How should your experience or insight contribute to rationality and moral philosophy? Yes, we have inherent biases but, as far as I’ve managed to get acquainted with the rationality discourse, they are not resolved by merely being aware of them or expanding consciousness. I cannot clearly see the added value of this inner work. Why is experimental psychology insufficient? Thanks for your answer.
You feel your limbs weird, and what? What implication are you trying to point to? How should your experience or insight contribute to rationality and moral philosophy?
The reasoning is quite basic actually.
You believe, for decades, that X happening would make absolutely no rational sense.
X happens.
You are shocked. You realize your rationality was lacking.
You didn’t thought your rationality could be lacking in this way.
This meta-fact is important for rationality.
Yes, we have inherent biases but [...] they are not resolved by merely being aware of them
Except if the biases are “fixable”*. Suppose they are. Then you need to work on them. But to do so, it’s pretty logical that you need to be aware of them first. The emphasis on the awareness ensues.
I am unsure whether I’ve grasped the mechanism behind this inner work stuff. You feel your limbs weird, and what? What implication are you trying to point to? How should your experience or insight contribute to rationality and moral philosophy? Yes, we have inherent biases but, as far as I’ve managed to get acquainted with the rationality discourse, they are not resolved by merely being aware of them or expanding consciousness. I cannot clearly see the added value of this inner work. Why is experimental psychology insufficient? Thanks for your answer.
The reasoning is quite basic actually.
You believe, for decades, that X happening would make absolutely no rational sense.
X happens.
You are shocked. You realize your rationality was lacking.
You didn’t thought your rationality could be lacking in this way.
This meta-fact is important for rationality.
Except if the biases are “fixable”*. Suppose they are. Then you need to work on them. But to do so, it’s pretty logical that you need to be aware of them first. The emphasis on the awareness ensues.
*somehow, partially, and with lot of efforts.
I hope it’s somehow clearer!