Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
On more thought ... it appears we have here our 'reason' to be able to 'reason' - which is that we come to the conclusion that - God Exists Who Gave us 'reason' as a means for our life to be discovered by it.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Peace
Do we do everything for a reason? Do we believe everything that is done must be based on some sort of reason, however insignificant or baseless that reason may be ... Are we governed by it?
I'm making the assumption that we do. For those who want to show otherwise please bring a discourse here to appraise your position.
I believe that we are very deeply goal oriented and motive beings. Lack of conscious goals makes us clinically depressed.
However, we are not aware of all of our conscious goals. We play a lot of unconscious games.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Well, I think we function in both modes i.e., we act with reason and sometimes no particular reason. We often say " Dil ki sunoon ya dimagh ki". 'Dimagh' means we think, analyse a situation and reach some sort of decision but it happens although the apparent analysis of our mind say something else but we are inclined to do on the contrary. You can call it gutt feeling, sixth sense, or whatever.
Moreover, our emotions like love, hate especially love often fall beyond reason.
Now things that are act of God, not in our control, happening around us. I don't think I can be judge over them
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
There are a lot of acts human do or phenomenon which occur in universe which have no 'reason'.
When we do not find ANY reason we tend to either make up something or say "Allah Ki Marzi".
The answer to the question in the title simply is no.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Peace Diwana
Understood but my question was phrased in the way that we either look for why things are happening or we do things for a reason. It appears as though there are many individuals who live their whole life without doing either of these things. I was treating humanity as a collective entity and that was my fallacy.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
On more thought ... it appears we have here our 'reason' to be able to 'reason' - which is that we come to the conclusion that - God Exists Who Gave us 'reason' as a means for our life to be discovered by it.
Psyah,
I usually try not to talk about my belief/God; it's a very internal thing, still a journey and an exploration, which I don't quite know how to express yet. I will say, I don't really look for reasons to believe in God, who am I to be convinced about it either way? He is there, or not, regardless of my questioning. I hope this makes sense, I have a feeling it doesn't. :D
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Peace ravage
Thanks for this article ...
Philosophers like Davidson and Dennett have argued that we cannot explain
or predict irrational behavior in intentional terms.
This line shows that although D&D say that we cannot explain or predict irrational behaviour in intentional terms, they are indeed undertaking research to find out about explaining irrational behaviour, which means they have the "need" to find a purpose in irrational behaviour, because they are driven by the position that we are motive in what we do.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Psyah, I usually try not to talk about my belief/God; it's a very internal thing, still a journey and an exploration, which I don't quite know how to express yet. I will say, I don't really look for reasons to believe in God, who am I to be convinced about it either way? He is there, or not, regardless of my questioning. I hope this makes sense, I have a feeling it doesn't. :D
Peace el topo
I said in my initial hypothesis to clarify either we do things for a reason, or we look for reasons after seeing that something has happened.
Do we always do that? I've answered my own question with a little help from diwana although some of us do look for reasons in why things happen, many others will just sail through life without ever questioning things, that either they do or that they see is happening around them.
Re: Reason - Is it a precondition of our function?
Psyah, well, I guess it's good you got your answer.
I'm in the mood for a nonsensical ramble, you'll have to suffer through it!
Questioning things requires a certain level of sentience. Unfortunately most people do not possess it, or are too stuck in life's quagmires to care. On the flipside though, it worries me when one is so sure of an answer, so sure of its truth, so sure that this is how it is. The more I read, the more I learn, the more I realize 'what do I know?' Questioning is a way to make sense of our world, to understand who we are and what our role here is. But when we reach answers, we shouldn't make the mistake of thinking that that is it. Answers aren't stationary things.