The Circle of Reason (society)

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The Circle of Reason
AbbreviationTCOR
FormationJanuary 1, 2000 (January 1, 2000) – Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposePromote pluralistic rationalism; discourage ad hominem invective
Region served
International
Exec. Director
Frank Burton
Websitecircleofreason.org

The Circle of Reason (TCOR) is a Twin Cities, Minnesota-based international society of theists, atheists, conservatives, and liberals who espouse the social philosophy of pluralistic rationalism (also plurationalism or methodological rationalism).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Overview

Pluralistic rationalism is described in cultural media as "commitment to reason[ing], regardless of one's worldview,"[8] and by the society itself as "communal commitment to more consistently practice the basic methodological tenets of a reasoning lifestyle (reality's acceptance, assumption's denial, and emotion's mastery) irrespective of our theological, ethical, cultural or political worldviews."[5] According to The Circle of Reason, pluralistic rationalism is practiced through encouraging not a particular worldview, but rather factualism, skepticism, and moderationism; and furthermore through discouraging their opposing practices of denialism, dogmatism, and emotionalism -- or "denials of reality, unquestioned assumptions (potentially false realities), and emotive arguments or actions (dissociation from reality)." Plurationalist practices include discouraging the verbal, printed or televised use of insults (which the group asserts is immoral because, as ad hominem argumentation, it seeks to "irrationally persuade by evoking emotionality.") Because plurationalists hold that "as a sapient being one's best tool to survive is one's ability to reason," they also claim people's basic universalized moral imperative must then be to likewise "consistently allow, and encourage, others to reason" as well -- which, by rationally underpinning social behaviors otherwise considered subjectively emotional (such as compassion, kindness, and nonaggression), they claim represents "the world's first objective moral code."[5]
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University has described The Circle of Reason as a "promising practice."[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Promising Practice: Finding Common Ground Through Difference," Harvard Pluralism Project. Retrieved November 02, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Secular Bible Study / Circle of Reason" (Media & Interview), Harvard Pluralism Project. Retrieved June 03, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "America's Interfaith Infrastructure: Twin Cities," Harvard Pluralism Project. Retrieved June 03, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "A New Religious Landscape: Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN," On Common Ground: New Religions in America, Harvard Pluralism Project, Editors, 2013. Retrieved November 06, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Circle of Reason. Retrieved November 02, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cirkel van Rede," Dutch Circle of Reason Website. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ "God's a hot topic," Winnipeg Free Press, March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 01, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Orange Is the New Black Is the New Star Trek," Katy Waldman, Slate, June 16, 2015. Retrieved July 07, 2015.

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