So, I’m 10 years late. Nevertheless I’m throwing my two cents into this comment, even if it’s just for peace of mind.
Mostly agree with the litany, as I interpret it as saying not that “there are no negative consequences to handling the truth”, but saying instead that “the negative consequences of not handling the truth are always worse than the consequences of handling it”. However, upon serious inspection I also feel unsure about it, on the corner cases of truths which could have an emotional impact over people (or on me) greater than their concrete impact.
With that said, my suggestion 10 years ago would have been to include the Litany of Gendlin verbatim, accompanied by “yeah, this one might be wrong”.
Performatic Rationality should make a healthy effort to ritualize the idea of questioning it’s rituals. Also, it should make a healthy effort not to hide arguments that some think are wrong, but about which there isn’t (approximate) unanimity yet. What better way to hit both checkboxes than literally including a famous litany you disagree with and then pointing out that it might be wrong?
So, I’m 10 years late. Nevertheless I’m throwing my two cents into this comment, even if it’s just for peace of mind.
Mostly agree with the litany, as I interpret it as saying not that “there are no negative consequences to handling the truth”, but saying instead that “the negative consequences of not handling the truth are always worse than the consequences of handling it”. However, upon serious inspection I also feel unsure about it, on the corner cases of truths which could have an emotional impact over people (or on me) greater than their concrete impact.
With that said, my suggestion 10 years ago would have been to include the Litany of Gendlin verbatim, accompanied by “yeah, this one might be wrong”.
Performatic Rationality should make a healthy effort to ritualize the idea of questioning it’s rituals. Also, it should make a healthy effort not to hide arguments that some think are wrong, but about which there isn’t (approximate) unanimity yet. What better way to hit both checkboxes than literally including a famous litany you disagree with and then pointing out that it might be wrong?