Sentences with phrase «only irrationality»

I wish I could believe it... this comment does not imply Judith C has not been courageous in her defence of objective, rational analyses, only that irrationality is indeed a very difficult beast to tame.

To be sure, those who, following Kierkegaard, see here only irrationality and contradiction — for how can one reconcile God's earlier promise that Isaac would carry the covenant with God's current demand for Isaac's destruction?

Not exact matches

This is precisely the type of behavior that is only seen during periods of extreme irrationality when financial markets are at their peak... and poised for a serious correction.

Either one recognises the priority of reason, of creative Reason that is at the beginning of all things and is the principle of all things — the priority of reason is also the priority of freedom -, or one holds the priority of the irrational, inasmuch as everything that functions on our earth and in our lives would be only accidental, marginal, an irrational result — reason would be a product of irrationality.

And no, we wouldn't by some mysterious process presumably only you and perhaps the Oracle know start believing in the Oracle if we felt we had to focus on debunking that particular font of myth and irrationality.

Yet God is not only the supreme irrationality (as Whitehead said) in that deity can not be «explained» in terms of ordinary concepts — although deity can be seen as what Whitehead styled the «chief exemplification» of the principles required to interpret things.

But when we gravely ask ourselves whether this wholesale organization of irrationality and crime be our only bulwark against effeminacy, we stand aghast at the thought, and think more kindly of ascetic religion.

It only makes sense given a notion of «belief» that ASSUMES irrationality is involved.

It is sheer irrationality for anyone to just utter statements like» I am tired of always finishing fourth ----» Such irresponsible statements can only be supported by people who lack objectivity and logic.

On this traditional model, human beings conceived of as rational actors were only occasionally subject to flights of irrationality in those rare moments when emotions overtook them.

Watching as these townspeople attempt to survive together, only to be torn apart by their own irrationality is fun and thrilling.

I like the idea that hero Ben (Tony Todd, filling in for Jones) is given to fits of rage and irrationality, leading, in this iteration, to his death — and I like, too, the complexity allowed stock human bogey Cooper (Tom Towles), who is after all only defending his daughter at the end.

Vryhof does review briefly the constitutional position concerning public support for religious schools, but only to demonstrate its irrationality (yes it's constitutional for books; no for maps; yes for some tests; no for preparation to take tests; and so on).

junior resource (& other irrationality - infested) stocks, is the only sensible way of dealing with that inherent risk.

The Goons have been driven to abusive posting (it is not my intent to excuse them but only to point out a partial explanation of their behavior and of our tolerance for it) by their discovery of the core irrationality of their investing beliefs.

As IER's analysis of EPA's own table shows, the only way to ensure that the purported benefits of the rule exceed the admitted costs is to invoke massive and systematic consumer irrationality.

Referencing «holocaust deniers» in lexicon only demonstrates the levels of irrationality and political inclinations of your argument.

The case the course is based on, GMAC v. HTFC, contains no less than three puzzling instances of human behavior that can only be explained by overpowering emotional irrationality.

In fact, the best divorces are done without hot lava emotions, which only create more antagonizing and irrationality in the hundreds of decisions it takes to split your lives and family.