I realized that possible interpretation as I was posting, and I tried to head it off by using the word “describe” rather than “define.”
I think that the definition of rationality is an open question, though I’m sure it has properties which intelligent design violates. For instance, I would say that empirical arguments failing Occam’s Razor, such as intelligent design, are not rational.
Basically, there are bunch of notions of rationality (some of which are competing), such that belief in something like causation is rational though unprovable, disbelief in failures by Occam’s Razor is irrational, radical skepticism is irrational though irrefutable, logical fallacies and other deductive errors are irrational, etc… I think we are looking for a unifying description of rationality that encompasses all of them, if such a thing exists.
I realized that possible interpretation as I was posting, and I tried to head it off by using the word “describe” rather than “define.”
I think that the definition of rationality is an open question, though I’m sure it has properties which intelligent design violates. For instance, I would say that empirical arguments failing Occam’s Razor, such as intelligent design, are not rational.
Basically, there are bunch of notions of rationality (some of which are competing), such that belief in something like causation is rational though unprovable, disbelief in failures by Occam’s Razor is irrational, radical skepticism is irrational though irrefutable, logical fallacies and other deductive errors are irrational, etc… I think we are looking for a unifying description of rationality that encompasses all of them, if such a thing exists.