Ronald V. Huggins

  One of the most helpful categories for understanding how we go wrong in our thinking is Augustine's idea of   temeritas   (rashness), which he defines as the TENDENCY TO ASSERT AS CERTAIN WHAT IS UNCERTAIN and WHAT IS UNCERTAIN AS CERTAIN. To "assert the certain as uncertain" is to refuse, or be unable to, be appropriately moved by evidence. To assert the "uncertain as certain" is to achieve certainty ahead of the evidence, i.e., prematurely. Often those who have very bad case of the first (asserting the certain as uncertain), tend to accuse others of being guilty of the second (asserting the uncertain as certain), and vice-versa.   Termeritas   is the sin which apologists of all sorts tend to be prone. Vaclav Havel is often quoted as saying, "Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.” I have no idea if Havel actually said this or where, but he is often quoted as saying it. Whatever the case, my experience would tend t...

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