Have your world views been based on emotions or deep analysis and reason?

Time for some self inventory. Most likely, we all succumb to viewpoints based on emotion now and again, but the question is designed to get you to think of how you form opinions and make decisions, primarily. Do you employ reason or do you tend to lean on emotion?

(Nov 27, 2017 10:22 PM)Leigha Wrote: Time for some self inventory. Most likely, we all succumb to viewpoints based on emotion now and again, but the question is designed to get you to think of how you form opinions and make decisions, primarily. Do you employ reason or do you tend to lean on emotion?

I'm a skeptic. David Hume (who held that passion rather than reason governs human behavior) is my hero. Emotion has nothing to do with my viewpoint unless incredulous counts. Experience(s) influence my decision making above all else. I'm pretty much unwilling to or simply just can't believe something without hard evidence.

Is anyone likely to admit, even just to themselves, that their views are largely emotional? Our ability to deceive is no greater than when we deceive ourselves.

Perhaps a more telling question would be, how do you justify your world views. That would more readily demonstrate the rational behind them, without engaging a person's self-reporting bias.

(Nov 27, 2017 11:39 PM)Syne Wrote: Is anyone likely to admit, even just to themselves, that their views are largely emotional? Our ability to deceive is no greater than when we deceive ourselves.

Perhaps a more telling question would be, how do you justify your world views. That would more readily demonstrate the rational behind them, without engaging a person's self-reporting bias.

You see, the easiest way to know who's skeptical is to announce your skepticism.

(Nov 28, 2017 12:03 AM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: You see, the easiest way to know who's skeptical is to announce your skepticism.

LOL! That was only meant as a response to the OP, but reading it again, I can see how it spoke to your post as well.

(Nov 27, 2017 10:38 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: I'm a skeptic. David Hume (who held that passion rather than reason governs human behavior) is my hero. Emotion has nothing to do with my viewpoint unless incredulous counts. Experience(s) influence my decision making above all else. I'm pretty much unwilling to or simply just can't believe something without hard evidence.

‘Reason is, and only ought to be, the slave of the passions.’ — David Hume

He thought that reason itself would lack all motivation, all impulse or drive to act, or even to reason.

Is he your hero because he understood that emotions were necessary?

(Nov 28, 2017 12:41 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote:

(Nov 27, 2017 10:38 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: I'm a skeptic. David Hume (who held that passion rather than reason governs human behavior) is my hero. Emotion has nothing to do with my viewpoint unless incredulous counts. Experience(s) influence my decision making above all else. I'm pretty much unwilling to or simply just can't believe something without hard evidence.

‘Reason is, and only ought to be, the slave of the passions.’ — David Hume

He thought that reason itself would lack all motivation, all impulse or drive to act, or even to reason.

Is he your hero because he understood that emotions were necessary?

Philosophy not my thing but I like Hume because of his skepticism. I suppose emotion is everywhere and even if you try to repress it, you end up expressing it.

The motivation for reason is not its conclusions.

(Nov 27, 2017 10:22 PM)Leigha Wrote: Time for some self inventory. Most likely, we all succumb to viewpoints based on emotion now and again, but the question is designed to get you to think of how you form opinions and make decisions, primarily. Do you employ reason or do you tend to lean on emotion?

were i to lean on emotion i should imagine i would fall over.
were i to lean on logic i should imagine i would be called unreasonable.
Falling for unreasonable emotions sometimes is the expectation.

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(Nov 28, 2017 01:18 AM)Zinjanthropos Wrote:

(Nov 28, 2017 12:41 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote:

(Nov 27, 2017 10:38 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: I'm a skeptic. David Hume (who held that passion rather than reason governs human behavior) is my hero. Emotion has nothing to do with my viewpoint unless incredulous counts. Experience(s) influence my decision making above all else. I'm pretty much unwilling to or simply just can't believe something without hard evidence.

‘Reason is, and only ought to be, the slave of the passions.’ — David Hume

He thought that reason itself would lack all motivation, all impulse or drive to act, or even to reason.

Is he your hero because he understood that emotions were necessary?

Philosophy not my thing but I like Hume because of his skepticism. I suppose emotion is everywhere and even if you try to repress it, you end up expressing it.

Quote:and even if you try to repress it, you end up expressing it.

indeed.
can one not postualte the very contemplation of an emotion is by its very nature AN emotion ...
thus to repress is to expressly express...
thus premise to happenstance upon a passing ponder... philisophy is the science of emotion, i should wonder.

(Nov 28, 2017 01:20 AM)Syne Wrote: The motivation for reason is not its conclusions.

Man, a lot of excitement re conclusions around here lately. 

Philosophy taking over . Science must be boring as hell.....emotional conclusions but I doubt their truthfulness