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3303627 No.3303627 [Reply] [Original]

So, why is it that empiricism has taken the upper hand towards rationalism? Truly dark times.

>> No.3303642

This is...fucking...ancient news, wtf?

>> No.3303650

>>3303642
what?

>> No.3303657

>>3303627
I think it's because it's more comfortable, and tangible

>> No.3303668

>>3303657
...And not the apocalypse of reason?

>> No.3303709

>>3303627
Maybe it's because it is working a lot better.. But i think the two of them must coexist if you want to describe the world better

>> No.3303716

Reason can lead to various different conclusions while empirism usually only tries to come up with one apparentl concrete one. People like to have some tangible feeling of understanding reality so most of them enjoy empirism far more than reasoning.

>> No.3303718

What's empiricism?

>> No.3303723

>>3303709
What about reason? I'm not merely speaking of metaphysics and ontological relations. Reasoning has gone downhill more than ever, and continues to regress

>> No.3303726

>>3303718
Google it.

>> No.3303735

>>3303723
Some people think that the more you advance through time the more the human will be rational and that's some bull shit we are not more rationnal that we were 100 years ago..

>> No.3303745
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3303745

>you have ten seconds to defend rationalism

>> No.3303772

>>3303735
I was generalizing; But surely I'm not the only one who has noticed the progressive influx of scientism, militant and fundamental (any)ism, obfuscation of the masses, etc.

>> No.3303773

>>3303745
How about not stepping outside of what rationnality can do!
way to go Kant

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>>3303668
Who cares about reason?
Stop worshipping it.

>> No.3303806

>>3303796
Lol. This is exactly why we can't have nice things.

Smack yourself for me, please.

>> No.3303841

>>3303745
Impossible, you kant.

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3303933

Bump.

>> No.3305326

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