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Intellectual autonomy podcast homework
Posted by: Nicolas M Kirchberger
{"ops":[{"insert":"The main organizing idea is the concept of intellectual autonomy as thinking and acting for oneself and acting in accord with our own thinking.\nA second organizing idea is the distinction between autonomy and intellectual autonomy. And a third organizing idea is the interconnections between intellectual autonomy and the other intellectual virtues.\n\n3 insights:\nAbout the need of approval from others and wanting to have and give respect from other, the neuro-linguistic programming concept of \"rapport\" may be a key to respectfully disagree with people while maintaining the connection and good feelings. Rapport is the non-verbal feeling of attunement, connection and agreement we can have with people like good friends where you can say almost anything with the proper non-verbal and the other will not take it badly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"About \"certifying in our mind that we use the standards\", this seem related to the NLP evaluation metaprogram of \"internal frame of reference\" (vs external frame of reference)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"About story of dramatic situation where rationality is key, the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov may be a special case which at the same time illustrates the limits of rationality."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n3 Questions:\nCan we \"think and act for ourselves\" without determining clearly our goals and values from having alone time with ourselves?"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Is there an additional aspect to intellectual autonomy having to do with having confidence in our ability to think through something or thinking on the spot in addition to having confidence in the past products of our thinking? (the process of thinking rather than the product of our thinking)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"In the same way, is thinking that our thinking is not perfect but \"good enough\" and that we can fix almost any unexpected problem than may appear about it also part of intellectual autonomy in addition to having confidence in our past thinking?"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}
Posted by: Gerald Nosich
{"ops":[{"insert":"Hi Nick,\nYour first organizing idea leaves reasonableness out of the description. But maybe that's what you would include in your second organizing idea.\n\nAbout your 3rd insight: I haven't read the Asimov, but I doubt that it shows \"the limits of rationality.\" My guess is that it shows how we can be mistaken in our exercise of rationality, that we may assume we've covered all the possibilities, when we in fact haven't. That we make mistakes doesn't show that rationality has limits. It shows that we make mistakes (either in our ideas or in our application of those ideas). \n\nYour second and third question seem to assume that intellectual autonomy applies primarily to our past thinking. But we can, as you say, be intellectually autonomous \"on the spot,\" in the present, and in relation to the future, whether it's expected or not.\n"}]}