i.e. - If we only judge the value of something by its result or its pragmatic use, are we missing something vital?
2007-07-01 05:24:22 · 3 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I don't know if he was the first to coin that phrase but I became aware of it by reading Charles Taylor's 'Malaise of Modernity'.
2007-07-01 05:25:45 · update #1
What about art Christopher?
2007-07-01 08:31:47 · update #2
We humans can do so much more than just 'survive' - can't we? (actually we're not doing a very good job at survival these days come to think of it) Hmmm
2007-07-01 08:33:07 · update #3
No
I think he just strung together some words.
2007-07-01 05:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. All reason, properly speaking, is instrumental reason. The human brain evolved as an implement that assisted in survival -- just as much as instrument as a giraffe's neck or a cheetah's camoflage.
2007-07-01 06:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We miss whether or not something, some outcome, SHOULD be made to happen.
I think that 'reason' in general is espescially dangerous.
Firstly, in that it has its own claim to truth - you can 'rationalize' something, and hold it to be true, without REALLY examining what your doing, whether something is right, etc.
Secondly, in that we are NOT wholly present to ourselves; we are NOT perfectly rational beings. We are strangers to ourselves more fundamentally than we are knowers of ourselves.
2007-07-01 08:55:02 · answer #3 · answered by !@#%&! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋