Beliefs and Rationality

A Belief serves as guidepost for a person’s interpretation of his or her interactions with either of others or events that transpire in the world.

Ideally, beliefs ought to reside in realm of rationality, that is, not be subject to the accusation that they are inconsistent with either of principles of Mathematics, or objectively derived evidence in respect of others or events. In truth, however, beliefs have capacity for residing in realm of irrationality.

Beliefs feasibly can reside in realm of irrationality.

Suppose a belief resides in realm of rationality. Regardless, it remains eminently feasible that, simultaneously, such a belief has character of an objectively erroneous rubric for interaction with either of others or events. In this respect, consider man’s prior belief that the earth resided at center of the universe, a belief now shown, both via principles of Mathematics and supporting empirical evidence to be egregiously erroneous — it is not just that the earth is not at center of the universe, but rather that the earth does not even reside at center of its own solar system.

A rational belief can turn out to be an egregiously erroneous rubric for interaction with either of others or events that transpire…