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Rationality, philosophy: rationality is the ability of a being to consciously adapt to a situation due to the generalizations of his experiences. It can also be rational to want to learn something new. See also system, order, creativity, discoveries, evaluation, repetition._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Humberto Maturana on Rationality - Dictionary of Arguments
I 92 Rationality/Maturana: Rationality is constituted on the basis of arbitrarily accepted truths (premises). >Premises, >Conditions, >Thinking, >World/Thinking. I 253 Rationality/Maturana: (assuming objectivity in parentheses, i.e. no independent reality): not a property of consciousness, but distinction of operational coherences. >Objectivity/Maturana. The premises are non-rational (because of desires). >Domains/Maturana. Def Emotion/Maturana: emotions determine the realm of reality: body-disposition for actions. >Emotion, >Psychological theories on emotion. I 255 Rationality is social. - We can force no one if he has not already implicitly accepted the argument - (because he shares the premises). >Coercion, >Discourse, >Agreement, >Communication._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Maturana I Umberto Maturana Biologie der Realität Frankfurt 2000 |