Quote: Bertrand Russell on Rationality
By Alex in Quote-a-Day on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:26 pm
"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality."
– Bertrand Russell, intellectual and philosopher (1872-1970)
"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality."
– Bertrand Russell, intellectual and philosopher (1872-1970)
And so to be rational, one should not be absolutely certain that Russell’s definition of rationality is correct. Like many of these types of philosophy statements, his definition is self-refuting.

