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I agree we are problem solvers, but axioms can be part of the problem. While certain axioms are a genetic consequence of being human, others are acquired through experience and can be misleading. Shifts in reasoning can alter some of the axioms working in the background, so the relation between reason and axioms is not one-sided -- in many cases, both depend on each other, not just one on the other.
| I think we are probably in agreement.
I would say however, that analytics and analytic philosophy are different. Both Rorty and Russell are analytic philosophers (historically).
"...all life is an experiment. Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge." -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr |