Difference between revisions of "Arational"

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Reason and Faith: "What is “arational” or above the reason is what reason and science cannot define. It cannot be proven nor can it be disproved. Take the example of the survival of the soul after the death. There is no hard evidence to this belief, but no scientific fact has disproved it either."
1991-02 Arational Actions, Rosalind Hursthouse, The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 57-68

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-==Overview==
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-[[category:working definitions]]Something which is [[arational]] is not grounded in [[rationality]] but is not necessarily [[irrational]] i.e. going directly against [[rationality]]. It typically applies to beliefs in areas for which no firm rationality-based conclusions have been reached.
-===Misuse===
-It is often used as a sort of "weasel concept" to justify belief in that which is extremely unlikely but nonetheless not [[falsifiable|provably false]].
 ==Links==
 * [http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/reason_and_faith.htm Reason and Faith]: "What is “[[arational]]” or above the reason is what [[reason]] and [[science]] cannot define. It cannot be proven nor can it be disproved. Take the example of the survival of the soul after the death. There is no hard evidence to this belief,  but no scientific fact has disproved it either."
 * '''1991-02''' [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2026906 Arational Actions], Rosalind Hursthouse, ''The Journal of Philosophy'', Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 57-68