Reason Not The Only Source of Knowledge

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Zelalem MekonnenOP revised about 2 months ago·#1647· Collapse

Ayn Rand claims that "The virtue of Rationality means the recognition and acceptance of reason as one's only source of knowledge [...]." This is wrong, mainly because reason can only be used as a method of choosing between knowledge/ideas, not as a source of knowledge.

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Zelalem MekonnenOP, about 2 months ago·#1651· Collapse

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