[lit-ideas] Fwd: Re: Re: "the space of reasons" from Morc Huck Pump
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:32:26 -0230
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:44 AM, <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -------------> The lack of explicit consideration as to what to do given
> the
> recognition of a conclusion made by oneself or an other does not
> necessarily
> indicate the absence of argument. It may simply indicate the absence of an
> explicit rehearsal of an argument made and acted upon many times in the
> past.
> One's response to the conclusion constitutes a response that is embedded
> within
> an entire pattern of responses making up one's disposition, or what
> Aristotle
> called "habit." Humans are more rational than they recognize. Alas, the
> validity of an argument is not equivalent to the soundness of an argument.
>
>
This raises an interesting question: Can an argument exist before it is
articulated? Walter says yes, asserting a world view in which arguments are
waiting to be discovered. I am inclined to say no, asserting a world view in
which arguments are constructed and it makes no sense to talk about their
existence until they have been articulated. Does anyone know a way to
reconcile these views?
John
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:44 AM, <
wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
-------------> The lack of explicit consideration as to what to do given the
recognition of a conclusion made by oneself or an other does not necessarily
indicate the absence of argument. It may simply indicate the absence of an
explicit rehearsal of an argument made and acted upon many times in the past.
One's response to the conclusion constitutes a response that is embedded within
an entire pattern of responses making up one's disposition, or what Aristotle
called "habit." Humans are more rational than they recognize. Alas, the
validity of an argument is not equivalent to the soundness of an argument.
This raises an interesting question: Can an argument exist before it is articulated? Walter says yes, asserting a world view in which arguments are waiting to be discovered. I am inclined to say no, asserting a world view in which arguments are constructed and it makes no sense to talk about their existence until they have been articulated. Does anyone know a way to reconcile these views?
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