True, but I know I do a lot of things without first thinking about whether they make sense. I don’t generally have the time to check that for every single action I take (e.g. performing a speech act in a conversation).
That’s kind of where I was pointing with “very expansive meaning of “makes sense” “—system 1 has its own background premises, even if they aren’t verbal or filtered through the conscious mind.
It seems to me that the situation is this: everybody does everything for a reason (surprise, surprise), but they may not know it, you may not know it, it may not be what they say it is even if they try to be honest, and it may not be a good reason.
That, unfortunately, is not a neatly summarisable point, and the question of what moral to draw from it is not trivial.
True, but I know I do a lot of things without first thinking about whether they make sense. I don’t generally have the time to check that for every single action I take (e.g. performing a speech act in a conversation).
That’s kind of where I was pointing with “very expansive meaning of “makes sense” “—system 1 has its own background premises, even if they aren’t verbal or filtered through the conscious mind.
I’ll see if I can come up with a better phrasing.
It seems to me that the situation is this: everybody does everything for a reason (surprise, surprise), but they may not know it, you may not know it, it may not be what they say it is even if they try to be honest, and it may not be a good reason.
That, unfortunately, is not a neatly summarisable point, and the question of what moral to draw from it is not trivial.