com person decides to commit a crime, he or she simply does not
think in a rational way.
Not exact matches
These mental shortcuts may let us make quick decisions, but this oversimplification often skews our perception and gets
in the
way of calm,
rational thinking.
EI (also referred to as EQ, Emotional Intelligence Quotient) can help prevent emotions from getting
in the
way of
rational thinking — especially helpful regarding a decision like this, which will greatly affect the course of your life.
Economists
think of GARP as basically the test which asks, «Are humans responding
in a
rational way to prices?»
As Keith Stanovich, Richard West and Maggie Toplak point out
in their new book, The Rationality Quotient,
rational beliefs «must correspond to the
way the world is,» not to the
way you
think the world ought to be.
I
think that the best
way to stay
rational and calm
in a stressful market -LSB-...]
As a
rational animal, man's emotional life is regulated by reason, but not
in the
way we might
think.
The only «
way out» is to state
in some fashion that the bible is not literally true, which opens up the «word of God» to human interpretation, I personally
think that's perfectly
rational, but I'm guessing most fundamentalists would disagree.
The split between
rational and mythic discourse which has characterized our recent cultural history is very dangerous for it impoverishes both modes of
thought.13 It is one of the possible benefits of the current new appreciation of the meaning and function of myth that we may be able to rescue it from the realm of unconscious fantasy where it always continues to operate, often
in dark and devious
ways, and restore it once again to its creative role
in human consciousness.
Socrates thus contrasted the reality of the experient and
rational subject, the soul, with the world of appearance
in a
way quite new for Greek ethical
thought.
In this case, the form is a rational soul and the requisite disposition on the side of the matter seems to be that those bodily organs needed for thinking must in some way already be presen
In this case, the form is a
rational soul and the requisite disposition on the side of the matter seems to be that those bodily organs needed for
thinking must
in some way already be presen
in some
way already be present.
While he maintains that every life and life - form contribute
in some
way to the Divine life, he also claims that our individual capacity for
rational thought and moral sensitivity allows humans to contribute more to God than any other creatures.
While he maintains that every life and life form contributes
in some
way to the Divine life, he also claims that our individual capacity for
rational thought allows humans to contribute more to God than other creatures.
At other times crisis intervention is carried on by helping the person to gain cognative control of his own
thought processes — by helping him to structure, to outline, to list
in an organized and
rational way the different elements of his life.
And
in a
rational way, because I, like billions of others
in the world,
think rationally — and can't help it.
In his latest book, first published in France in 1995, Hadot surveys with care the great schools of classical thought» Platonism, Aristotelianism >, Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism» and argues that they share not only a drive to offer rational explanations of the world but also a conception of philosophy profoundly different from the way that discipline currently understands itsel
In his latest book, first published
in France in 1995, Hadot surveys with care the great schools of classical thought» Platonism, Aristotelianism >, Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism» and argues that they share not only a drive to offer rational explanations of the world but also a conception of philosophy profoundly different from the way that discipline currently understands itsel
in France
in 1995, Hadot surveys with care the great schools of classical thought» Platonism, Aristotelianism >, Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism» and argues that they share not only a drive to offer rational explanations of the world but also a conception of philosophy profoundly different from the way that discipline currently understands itsel
in 1995, Hadot surveys with care the great schools of classical
thought» Platonism, Aristotelianism >, Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism» and argues that they share not only a drive to offer
rational explanations of the world but also a conception of philosophy profoundly different from the
way that discipline currently understands itself.
Science is concerned with what is perceived, and how these perceived things can be integrated with
rational thought in a harmonious
way.
@blip - It's not the normal
way to
think about voting, but there is a minority
in political science who do research on how the economy influences voting (under the premise that voters are
rational).
Albert Einstein said problems can not be solved by the same level of
thinking that created them, yet the contemporary cult of cognition,
in which the
rational mind is tipped as a kind of Swiss army knife, has fostered a belief that we — beings distinguished from animals by our ability to reason — should be able to reckon our
way out of mental distress.
The same could be said of the late John Chamberlain: his reputation — both as a party animal and as an Expressionist based sculptor who had taken the gestures of deKooning and found an organic
way to morph them into sculpture by crushing car metal — might lead some to
think there was little discipline or
rational process involved
in his work.
In the exhibition we want to show the artists views on what romance looks like to them, what they
think about traditional forms and new possibilities of being romantic, where they (don't) see romance and if they either have a emotional or
rational way of dealing with it.
Similar things were being said about Global and Extreme Regional Temperatures and CO2 / e PPM
in the 1980s — and still there are people who seem to go out of their
way to minimise today's known accelerations and can not logically
think their
way through the issues
in a
rational manner.
These observations are correct
in a revealing
way but again letting instinctual fear and revulsion take the place of
rational thought, emotional instincts and fear are once again leading us into decisions that will ultimately be proved to be a case of self - inflicted blindness and wasted efforts typical of this kind of stupidity.
As reality finally overcomes media bias and political correctness, the naive excitement of a few years ago — when anything «green» was portrayed as lower cost, clean and superior
in every technological sense — has given
way to more
rational thinking.
The consequence of this post
rational way of
thinking became vividly apparent to the UK
in December.
Right now academia, the media, and
think tanks are working very hard and the new Next Generation Science Standards require (I read the NAS workshop program that came out recently) that the focus be on changing beliefs about climate change and new values
in ways that discredit the
rational mind completely.
Coptic Solidarity urges the US government to pursue new
ways to share American values with Egypt
in areas such as educational programs and curricula that promote
rational thinking, open - mindedness, and diversity.
We Brits tug our forelocks to monarchy and the aristocracy, not Johnny - come - lately property tycoons or genius entrepreneurs, and this continues to irritate everyone — liberal media
in particular — who believe
in a more egalitarian,
rational and meritocratic
way of
thinking.
These strategies will help you identify irrational, destructive
thoughts or beliefs that are driving your anger and reframe them
in a
rational and positive
way.
I can see my
thoughts have sort of gone off line, become less than
rational, and I find myself beginning to react to the situation
in a
way that I can see is making things worse.
The second stage of therapy is to begin to identify and label these
thinking patterns and to challenge them
in order to replace them with a new, more
rational and balanced
way of
thinking.
«We also teach people that we, as individuals, have the ability to deal not only with the world
in a
rational way but that actually managing our own emotions and our
thoughts is relatively easy once you have the toolkit.