Problems with the Classical Conception of Rationality (John Searle)

John Searle discusses the standard conception of rationality and some of the problems and paradoxes that it gives rise to, including the impossibility of Akrasia (i.e. weakness of will), the impossibility of self-deception, the irrationality of voting, that there must be some odds at which you would bet your life against 25 cents, as well as the conception of explanation which requires that all explanations to be deterministic. Note, his alternative conception isn't given here, but only problems for the standard account. This comes from lectures on the philosophy of society given at Berkeley in 2010. #philosophy #rationality #epistemology #searle