Quantcast
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 369

Answer by TKoL for Are there certain plausible assumptions, such as block or physical determinism, that lead us to conclude that everything we do is equally rational?

Some people intuitively feel like determinism creates a situation where nothing matters, all choices are 'interchangable' or equally 'rational', because 'rationality' means nothing in a deterministic world.

I personally don't agree, because I see 'rationality' as an algorithmic tool, and that algorithm doesn't rely on true indeterminism to be effective. I don't think indeterminism does, or even can, add anything of value to human existence (I accept the very real possibility that we are in fact in a somewhat-indeterministic universe). In the same way that one knife may be sharper than another one, and thus better at cutting - even in a deterministic world - one mind may be more rational than another one, and therefore better at... whatever rationality is good for. Decreasing our chances of being terribly wrong? I don't know.


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 369

Trending Articles