I’m not really sure what a “mistake of rationality” is, or how it differs from simply being mistaken about something.
That said, I would agree with you that my Roman Catholic atheist friend is not arriving at his atheism in a particularly rational way.
WRT woojits, I’m not jumping to any conclusions: I arrived at that conclusion step-by-step. Again: “Having a well-defined notion of something is a prerequisite for belief in it; I don’t have a well-defined notion of woojits; therefore I don’t believe in woojits.” You’re free to disagree with any part of that or all of it, but I’d prefer you didn’t simply ignore it.
A mistake of rationality is quite different from a perceptual error, for instance. It’s even different to being wrong, since one can be right for irrational reasons.
“Having a well-defined notion of something is a prerequisite for belief in it
I disagree. I believe in consciousness, but don’t have a well defined notion of it.
I don’t have a well-defined notion of woojits
On the one hand, “woojit” might be intended as a synonym for something you do believe in. On the other hand. if it is meaningless, “woojits don’t exist” is meaningless.
Either way, you should not conclude that woojits don’t exist because you don’t know
what they are
I’m not really sure what a “mistake of rationality” is, or how it differs from simply being mistaken about something.
That said, I would agree with you that my Roman Catholic atheist friend is not arriving at his atheism in a particularly rational way.
WRT woojits, I’m not jumping to any conclusions: I arrived at that conclusion step-by-step. Again: “Having a well-defined notion of something is a prerequisite for belief in it; I don’t have a well-defined notion of woojits; therefore I don’t believe in woojits.” You’re free to disagree with any part of that or all of it, but I’d prefer you didn’t simply ignore it.
A mistake of rationality is quite different from a perceptual error, for instance. It’s even different to being wrong, since one can be right for irrational reasons.
I disagree. I believe in consciousness, but don’t have a well defined notion of it.
On the one hand, “woojit” might be intended as a synonym for something you do believe in. On the other hand. if it is meaningless, “woojits don’t exist” is meaningless. Either way, you should not conclude that woojits don’t exist because you don’t know what they are
Agreed.
This doesn’t strike you as being a problem?