Do we want "techniques" for finding the truth? I suppose if the truth is "the weight of this fruit for sale." But if the truth is more like "what I ought to be doing," there is something closer to the essence of personality involved. If my personality is gained as a technique at a truth dojo, then it does not feel like mine. The necessity of discovering certain truths personally rather through technical instruction is a limit on the usefulness of teaching.
Ultimately, the nature of rationality is a question that goes to essence of personality. If I am willing to receive only deductively derived formula as rational,... (read more)
Do we want "techniques" for finding the truth? I suppose if the truth is "the weight of this fruit for sale." But if the truth is more like "what I ought to be doing," there is something closer to the essence of personality involved. If my personality is gained as a technique at a truth dojo, then it does not feel like mine. The necessity of discovering certain truths personally rather through technical instruction is a limit on the usefulness of teaching.
Ultimately, the nature of rationality is a question that goes to essence of personality. If I am willing to receive only deductively derived formula as rational,... (read more)