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To: tacticalogic
They are not necessarily the folk who think analyzing and arguing about evidence are useful efforts, but they may be the ones most often unwilling to consider the relational evidence, the evidence of the inner senses, the evidence of the extra rational.

From a political perspective (what is Ceasar's), can you give me an example of a question that would resolve differently by each method?

BTW, I should have said (T-types are) not necessarily the folk who have a greater appreciation for good analysis and argument.

You seem to beg the question that people with a T or F orientation (temperament, inclination) would be bound to either use the processes of thought or feeling, respectively. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that I think that T-oriented folks may be more prone to objectivism (also, probably, people who have had their feelings very hurt and blame God in their hearts).

But if you ask what an example might be of one who is very T-inclined potentially having a greater inclination toward a wrong political decision than someone who is very F-inclined, I would think that the mistake of being pro-abortion might be one, especially pro-abortion for the willingly welfare-dependent. That is a conjecture that I'd hold with some confidence. One statistical fact that may support this is that by sex and age, the most pro-abort people have been found to be men in their twenties (probably not as empathetic to women in trouble, as women!).

Informed conscience should always be an overriding factor, however, no matter the psychological temperament.

1,175 posted on 04/30/2003 7:28:23 PM PDT by unspun (It's not about you.)
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To: unspun
You seem to have disassociated aesthetics from reason. Can you describe for me what you think is meant by the phrase "an elegant solution"?
1,179 posted on 04/30/2003 8:09:41 PM PDT by tacticalogic (Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
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