WAYS OF KNOWING

THINKING INFLUENCED & EVEN CONTROLED BY EMOTION

More than once I’ve addressed this basic issue of how do we think, how do we know, but thus far I have failed to discuss a fundamental component of our ways of thinking and concluding.

We generally are not as rational and logical as we like to believe.

Our belief systems, especially as seen in religion and politics, but also in science and all other human intellectual endeavors, are powerful in shaping the way we think and the opinions we develop.