Beyond reason

Under Construction

I have not completed this article. It has been inspired by several sources, not the least of which is Clifford' short article which demonstrates the immorality of "blind faith".

Willian K. Clifford
The Ethics of Belief
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/Clifford_ethics.pdf

  • The Duty of Inquiry
  • The Weight of Authority
  • The Limits of Inference

Thinking about behavioral economics and Dan Ariely

Objective vs subjective is false dichotomy

Motivated reasoning

Limited reasoning and mental shortcuts

Unmotivated but erroneous reasoning