maybe ‘tolerance’ simply means: “the cost of settling our differences outweighs the benefits”
That makes sense, but knowing in advance which outweighs which is problematic.
Which suggests rationality may not be as purely instrumental as we would like to think. It can only practically happen between people who already have generally low preferences over beliefs, those who want truth for its own sake.
maybe ‘tolerance’ simply means: “the cost of settling our differences outweighs the benefits”
That makes sense, but knowing in advance which outweighs which is problematic.
Which suggests rationality may not be as purely instrumental as we would like to think. It can only practically happen between people who already have generally low preferences over beliefs, those who want truth for its own sake.