Merle, A rationalist puts a premium on reason and holds it in higher regard than experience.
Look it up in any dictionary you want and you'll find the definition is something very close to what I've written above, but it certainly will NOT say that a rationalist values all sources of knowledge equally. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â bill..disagree..both go hand in hand...merle > > > Â > Merle, > > Yes, I am joking - but also being serious. > > A 'rationalist' is someone who believes rationality is better than experience. > > That's all...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > ÃÂ bill... > > you are playing with words... > > what does rationalist ÃÂ mean?...ÃÂ > > now you claim you are a realist... > > clarify your position please... > > at least your not claiming to be a goblin... > > whoops..sorry only joking.. > > merle > > > > > > ÃÂ > > Joe, > > > > Right, sort of. > > > > To be a 'rationalist' is to be someone who depends on rationality which is > > clearly illusory. > > > > As someone who practices zen which is based entirely on experience I would > > hope I would be an 'experientialist' - or a 'realist'. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Bill!, > > > > > > I'd say the concept may be rational, although there is not an empirical > > > demonstration or proof of existence of such a being. > > > > > > We know too that various Doctors of the Church did their darnedest along > > > rational lines, chief among them Augustine. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see anything rational about the concept of God at all...Bill! > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
