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Mind Map by Ebba Lindgren, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ebba Lindgren
over 9 years ago
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“Ways of knowing are a check on our
instinctive judgements.” To what
extent do you agree with this
statement?
- MATHS
- Pure maths is almost entirely based
on abstract concepts, relying heavily
on reason to verify our often incorrect
instincts e.g. piling paper
- All triangles are isosceles: this
statements goes completely
against instincts
- All triangles are isosceles: this
statements goes completely
against instincts
- Euclidean algebra is
entirely based upon reason
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- Pure maths is almost entirely based
on abstract concepts, relying heavily
on reason to verify our often incorrect
instincts e.g. piling paper
- ETHICS
- Our initial judgement can often be altered when we are provided with additional information
- Should we sell our kidneys?
- Should we sell our kidneys?
- Henry Sidgwich - Moral common sense
- Our initial judgement can often be altered when we are provided with additional information
- Multiple bias effects impact
instinctive judgement
- "intuition is a suppression of logic due to impatience" - Rita Mae Brown
- "intuition is a suppression of logic due to impatience" - Rita Mae Brown
- Oxford English Dictionary definition of INTUITION: the ability to
understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious
reasoning: we shall allow our intuition to guide us, a thing that one
knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than
conscious reasoning
- Michael Shermer argues that humans are essentially irrational. Even
when they think they are using reason, variables such as genetic
predisposition etc. lead us to our beliefs. Even when we try and check
instinctive judgements using WOK, we cannot
- Perhaps WOK do not help to verify our intuition at all but rather give us
ways to evidence preconceived ideas
- RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM
- The Goldilocks Effect: religious people claim that they most be right
because everything is perfectly designed for us: does this ignore the
reason of evolution?
- The Goldilocks Effect: religious people claim that they most be right
because everything is perfectly designed for us: does this ignore the
reason of evolution?
- RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM
- WOK/AOK
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