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Thread #147140 Message #3411082
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
27-Sep-12 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Understanding 'Conservatives'
Subject: RE: BS: Understanding 'Conservatives'
OK, I've read the article linked by GfS.
Surely Haidt's book isn't as glib as the review, but maybe that's neither here nor there.
Anybody who's taught college freshmen knows Haidt is right when he says that reasoning in the methodical, critical style laid out by the Greeks is an artificially developed skill. You're not likely to pick it up adequately just by interacting with other people. Learning to recognize a valid argument, and even to expect a sound argument, doesn't come naturally.
But aren't feelings and emotions intertwined with reasons (reasons, not reasoning) rather than being as separate as the article makes them appear to be?
And if it only takes about two minutes for a sound argument to change your mind, shouldn't that work equally on both liberals and conservatives?