Reason as an a priori for men
August 14th 2007 16:26
These days i tought that one thing have be considered as an a priori that every man have. Following Shopenhauer, that would be reason.
It's true that every men is born with this capacity. Having this capacity is the only thing that garantees that we can learn and take conclusions on things. We are obviously so apart from animals here.
So, no natural values a priori - even thought German consituition nowadays disagree, inheritance of the nazi period - but reason have to be considered a priori in ourselves, otherwise men would be unable to develop, which is obivously not the case...
Notice that for reason i understand the capacity of making analogies and creating models. In a Nietzschean way, this can be applied recursivelly - we can reason the way we reason - to understand how we think. This could be considered a first step of pensée élargie, where you can get out of yourself to reason how you are...
Sorry for the complicated post, but to understand how beings are imerged in real (how do we see the world...) is the base from where we can understand how the world is...
cheers. Uula
It's true that every men is born with this capacity. Having this capacity is the only thing that garantees that we can learn and take conclusions on things. We are obviously so apart from animals here.
So, no natural values a priori - even thought German consituition nowadays disagree, inheritance of the nazi period - but reason have to be considered a priori in ourselves, otherwise men would be unable to develop, which is obivously not the case...
Notice that for reason i understand the capacity of making analogies and creating models. In a Nietzschean way, this can be applied recursivelly - we can reason the way we reason - to understand how we think. This could be considered a first step of pensée élargie, where you can get out of yourself to reason how you are...
Sorry for the complicated post, but to understand how beings are imerged in real (how do we see the world...) is the base from where we can understand how the world is...
cheers. Uula
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Comment by Damo
Are you refering to a priori as the concept of pre-programmed knowledgein humans? Or am I getting my wire crossed here?
Comment by Uula Limanski
Thinking The World
yes, the post is to say that reason must "come with" men when they born, otherwise we won't be able to evolve..
The thing is that for some philosphers men come not only with reason, but with plenty of "natural values" that are with you when you born, what i consider a big mistake. As i see the world around, men are born 'empty'...
cheers.