On 5/26/08, Nucacids <nucacids@wowway.com> wrote:
I think he is expressing what Lee Ross calls naïve realism:
"Naïve realism is the conviction that one sees the world as it is and
that when people don't see it in a similar way, it is they that do not
see the world for what it is. Ross characterized naïve realism as "a
dangerous but unavoidable conviction about perception and reality".
The danger of naïve realism is that while humans are good in
recognizing that other people and their opinions have been shaped and
influenced by their life experiences and particular dogmas, we are far
less adept at recognizing the influence our own experiences and dogmas
have on ourselves and opinions. We fail to recognize the bias in
ourselves that we are so good in picking out in others."
Great quotation. "I have seen the light" is so far removed from "I
have seen the light and you must do so too in exactly the same terms
as I have seen it!"
Certainty is at the core of the fundamentalist, whether he be on the
right or on the left. All gall is divided into two parts:
1. Presuppositions not completely researched
2. Shrill advocacy.
How to recognize gall:
1. Opinions stated as fact
2. Little or no attempt to explain grounds
3 No attempt to study contary arguments
4. Opposers are always "them."
5. Motivations of opposers are assumed to be either evil or ignorant.
6. Ad hominem argumentations are perfectly valid
Burgy (in a philosophical mood today after seeing the Astros lost 15-6.)
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