I appreciate your reflection :) on reflection by itself.
Rationality must be combined with an environment for it to provide the usage we would like. I am a big fan and enjoyer of open-ended thinking, but thought is only helpful for real, external things to the extent it is connected to real, external things. Rationality depends on feedback from an external critic, creating a learning process that improves the mind as a fit for wherever the critic comes from.
I love your example of “self-correction”. If we accept that it ultimately comes from someone outside, then the self-correction does its useful job by helping you match what that outside person wants from you. (Better be careful who you let do this to you!)
I appreciate your reflection :) on reflection by itself.
Rationality must be combined with an environment for it to provide the usage we would like. I am a big fan and enjoyer of open-ended thinking, but thought is only helpful for real, external things to the extent it is connected to real, external things. Rationality depends on feedback from an external critic, creating a learning process that improves the mind as a fit for wherever the critic comes from.
I love your example of “self-correction”. If we accept that it ultimately comes from someone outside, then the self-correction does its useful job by helping you match what that outside person wants from you. (Better be careful who you let do this to you!)