Mind Regained III

Los also argues -- I'd say demonstrates -- that the only reason we can successfully reason with each other and be persuasive is that every being with a mind partakes in a universal rationality transcending their particular mind. That is why all mathematicians generally accept a convincing proof, why scientists will en masse replace one theory with one they judge to be superior, why every person schooled in art recognizes that Monet was a far superior "painter of light" than Thomas Kincaid, and why certain crusaders were able to convince most of the world that slavery is wrong. And, in the West, that universal rationality has a name. Hint: In the beginning, the logos (i.e., universal rational principle) was with...

UPDATE: Los writes: "the One that is intrinsic to each particular being that possesses ontic causality is also the transcendent One. It is often taken for granted that the notion of transcendence belongs with religion rather than philosophy or science, so it is important to remind you that the transcendent One is also acknowledged by science, although under a different name. The belief in the unity of the laws of nature is a belief in a transcendent One..."

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  1. Holy cow, he writes the book to the reader? (Second person.)

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