Any form of rationality found in buddhism is just a by-product of
trying to get rid of suffering. As this is not the main goal of
LW-type rationality one would expect systematic differences between
LW and Buddhism.
I can make a similar claim about CBT:
Any form of rationality found in CBT is just a by-product of trying to
solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and
cognitions.
As you point out:
Of course CBT is not inherently rational either.
My goal is to find a philosophy that supports Bayesian style
epistemic rationality in the context of the human mind.
I suspect that rationality is hard to achieve if a person is
experiencing dukkha, or a psychological dysfunction. So I am
interested in the ideas and practices of any system that addresses
these issues.
Also, the term “enlightment” sounds overly religious to me. It might
lead to a Affective death spiral and become so great, that it is
unarchiveable anyway, so why would you even bother?
I use the term in the “optimal enlightenment” phrase. My goal is to
create a common context between rationality and Buddhism and to
clarify that a philosophy of rationality would not assume that there
is any absolute form of enlightenment.
You make a good argument for starting with CBT.
I can make a similar claim about CBT:
Any form of rationality found in CBT is just a by-product of trying to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions.
As you point out:
My goal is to find a philosophy that supports Bayesian style epistemic rationality in the context of the human mind.
I suspect that rationality is hard to achieve if a person is experiencing dukkha, or a psychological dysfunction. So I am interested in the ideas and practices of any system that addresses these issues.
I use the term in the “optimal enlightenment” phrase. My goal is to create a common context between rationality and Buddhism and to clarify that a philosophy of rationality would not assume that there is any absolute form of enlightenment.