Q&A: Doubt
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Doubt
Question
Does the Rabbi think there is another, better answer to the question of why we trust the tools of perception/thought, aside from the classic answer: simply because that is what seems right to us?
Answer
No.
With God’s help,
So according to this, the Rabbi agrees that any intellectual framework whatsoever—since it is based on a person’s choice to trust his sensory/logical tools—it therefore makes no sense to say anything with certainty, and likewise it makes no sense to say something like “it is reasonable that such-and-such is the case,” since at the foundation of every logical structure lies my choice—which is completely arbitrary—to accept the tools of perception and logic?