Subject: Re: gods and men
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 18:35:35 EST
In a message dated 1/7/00 1:29:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com writes:
> Matt:
> "And logic and rationality are, of course, social constructions."
>
> I agree that the logic and rationality underlying this particular statement
> are social constructions, but I hesitate to generalize.
>
> -Sean
We really have two options here:
1. The supernatural argument, probably best put forth by the Greeks, that
reason is what we humans have in common with the gods, that it's above and
beyond nature, and that we humans are unique in that we are both animals and
participate in this super-natural faculty.
2. Reason is a social construct.
Take your pick :)
Jim
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