I like this post and the concept in general, but would prefer slightly different terminology. To me, a mindset being called “realism about rationality” implies that this is the realistic, or correct mindset to have; a more neutral name would feel appropriate. Maybe something like “‘rationality is math’ mindset” or “‘intelligence is intelligible’ mindset”?
Thanks for the link, I hadn’t seen that paper before and it’s very interesting.
A mindset being called “realism about rationality” implies that this is the realistic, or correct mindset to have.
I chose “rationality realism” as a parallel to “moral realism”, which I don’t think carries the connotations you mentioned. I do like “intelligence is intelligible” as an alternative alliteration, and I guess Anna et al. have prior naming rights. I think it would be a bit confusing to retitle my post now, but happy to use either going forward.
I hadn’t seen that paper before and it’s very interesting.
Glad you liked it!
I chose “rationality realism” as a parallel to “moral realism”, which I don’t think carries the connotations you mentioned.
I guess you could infer that “just as moral realism implies that objective morality is real, rationality realism implies that objective rationality is real”, but that interpretation didn’t even occur to me before reading this comment. And also importantly, “rationality realism” wasn’t the term that you used in the post; you used “realism about rationality”. “Realism about morality” would also have a different connotation than “moral realism” does.
I realized a few paragraphs in that this was meant to be parallel to “moral realism,” and I agree that a title of “rationality realism” would have been clearer.
I like this post and the concept in general, but would prefer slightly different terminology. To me, a mindset being called “realism about rationality” implies that this is the realistic, or correct mindset to have; a more neutral name would feel appropriate. Maybe something like “‘rationality is math’ mindset” or “‘intelligence is intelligible’ mindset”?
Thanks for the link, I hadn’t seen that paper before and it’s very interesting.
I chose “rationality realism” as a parallel to “moral realism”, which I don’t think carries the connotations you mentioned. I do like “intelligence is intelligible” as an alternative alliteration, and I guess Anna et al. have prior naming rights. I think it would be a bit confusing to retitle my post now, but happy to use either going forward.
Glad you liked it!
I guess you could infer that “just as moral realism implies that objective morality is real, rationality realism implies that objective rationality is real”, but that interpretation didn’t even occur to me before reading this comment. And also importantly, “rationality realism” wasn’t the term that you used in the post; you used “realism about rationality”. “Realism about morality” would also have a different connotation than “moral realism” does.
I realized a few paragraphs in that this was meant to be parallel to “moral realism,” and I agree that a title of “rationality realism” would have been clearer.