Theories Of Irrationalism

With the processes of McDonaldization spreading into other parts of society such as, higher education, the health system, shopping centers, media, religion, work, in modern society’s new social and cultural characteristics are created. For example, when a McDonald’s enters a country or neighborhood its consumer patterns are unified that cultural hybridization occurs. For the most part, Ritzer uses Weber's conception of the irrationality of rationalization, of the ways that it comes to contradict its own goals, to reprimand McDonaldization, thus developing an innate critique of the irrationalities that are produced by McDonaldization. In this section, by contrast, I will develop a multi-perspective position to develop a more systematic and contextual

Derek Parfit believes that split-brain cases support the Bundle Theory because split brain cases appear to demonstrate two levels of consciousness, rather than suggesting that consciousness is destroyed in people whose sub-dominant hemispheres are destroyed. The suggestion that there are multiple levels of consciousness aligns with Parfit's understanding of Bundle Theory, although his explanation of Bundle Theory does not limit itself to two dimensions of consciousness. On the contrary, under Parfit's explanation, Bundle Theory suggests an almost infinite variety of levels of consciousness, which, when taken as a whole form the experience that one refers to as a human life. Therefore, to have dual experiences of consciousness would not conflict with Bundle Theory.

The way the human mind operates is a mystery to all. Through thinking that the mind is something that can be comprehended humans have created the art of psychology and psychiatry, where the inner machinations of one’s mind are turned into nothing more than phrases and terms. Between every person there lies a sense of morality, no matter who. The sense of morality is not the same though, as children we learn to feel pain and suffering as others do, and to put the shoes of others on. In the end, it seems, that almost all people brought up well as children, turn out to be the people considered to have a strong sense of morality and can feel what pains some must endure. Though the way being brought up does not define a

In Genesis the word of God leads humanity in the direction of self preservation, urging them to procreate, to ”Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 9:1), and to minimize hostility and violence among people. As Freud asserted, “Besides the instinct to preserve living substance and join it into ever larger units, there must exist another, contrary instinct seeking to dissolve those units and bring them back to their primeval, inorganic state” (Freud 77). Genesis exemplifies the struggle between the two opposing human instincts, with God acting as a moderator between them. Forms of justice are put into place in an attempt to control these drives, one example being the proclamation that “Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed” (Genesis 9:6). The ethics and laws that develop throughout Genesis seek to “prevent the crudest excesses of brutal violence” but are unable to control “the more cautious and refined manifestations of human aggressiveness” (Freud 70). Since they cannot be completely eradicated, the scriptures instead play into the more negative aspects of human nature, especially narcissism, and manipulate them into a force for conservation rather than annihilation.

Human nature by essence has been the cause of many entrepreneurial paths, all follow to known the essence itself behind of what we conceive as life. Moreover it’s righteous description and abstract content, that many great man has humbly studied and that for centuries have made a path closely enough to the understanding of it, yet far from the light, it seems to be and unsolvable question that gives us a “Raison d'être” to our existence in this world.

This week’s reading Predictably Irrational was very valuable, and informative. While coming up with so many ways of thinking when it comes to behavior, I had no idea even existed. We talked last week about being rational, but this week and this week’s reading it discussed more about irrational, and predictable behavior. At the end of this summary I hope to have showed and understand the difference when it comes to irrational and predictable theories that can disrupt behavior, and decision making.

There are many facts that are unknown about the mind. For centuries, philosophers and scientists have tried to understand how it works. We have learned that the mind has a number of different levels of processing. Before Sigmund Freud “nearly all the previous research and theorizing of psychologists had dealt with conscious, such as perception, memory, judgment, and learning“ (Hunt185). Freud brought forth a number of theories that dealt with “the unconscious and its crucial role in human behavior”(Hunt 185). The unconscious is a storage area for information that is not being used. It is also the home of “powerful primitive drives and forbidden wishes that constantly generated pressure on the conscious mind”(Hunt

What drives bids up in an auction is the irrational behavior of the participants. The emotional desire to win drives the bids high, and the fear of losing drives them higher.

Voltaire's work Candide is an absurd, irrational story that takes the reader to almost every part of the world in a critical analysis of enlightenment thought. Readers may view Candide as a work that encompasses enlightenment thought. On the contrary however, Candide is indeed a correction and criticism of popular enlightenment ideals. Mainly, Voltaire focuses on the irrationality of the "best of all worlds" philosophy and in the end, concludes that there will never be a utopia on earth. Through an analysis of Pangloss and Eldorado, this will be demonstrated.

Hope is merely a component of faith. Hope is always about the future, faith is not. Hope and faith have different levels of certitude.

If people imagine an elephant and a rider, chances are they would want the rider to take over the elephant, since the elephant takeover will cause a lot of chaos and destruction. In this unite the elephant and the rider will be used as a metaphor to compare our conscious and subconscious thoughts. The elephant will be compared to the unconscious part of our brain. This part of our brain is in the back, it is the part that develops first when we are in the womb. This part is the one that acts on instinct and emotion and it is the part that makes judgments and predictions. It is natural for all humans to make predictions and making predictions lead to making judgments. An example of that would be when we meet new people if the people are similar

Too many irrational thoughts have gone through my head for a person that has “normal” social skills. Sometimes, I begin to wonder whether if I do have any type of problem within my social skills because of these thoughts, and itself could qualify as an irrational thought. An irrational thought that comes to mind falls in the Fallacy of Shoulds category. I tend to confuse my preferences with “shoulds”, and I believe that a handful of my irrational thoughts would fit into that category. An incident that has recently happened to me was when I was going through a small adversity in my life. It wasn’t as much of a big deal as I was thinking it was at the moment, life would go on for me and I would go hardly unaffected by the event. Doing the time

Some people irrationally assume that they are failures if they are not loved by everyone they know - they constantly seek approval and repeatedly feel rejected. All their interactions are affected by this assumption, so that a great party can leave them dissatisfied because they don’t get enough compliments.

Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.” When people have reason behind their words and actions they are often seen as extremely wise. Argumentally, someone who is wise but completely lacks all common sense is bound to struggle in many situations despite their level of reason. Reason can only take you so far but instinct never goes away. The fact that being irrational can be better than being rational, protection purposes, and survival all support that instinct is superior over reason.

Questions to the human mind have been sought over for decade’s even centuries. The human mind sometimes known as the psyche or as others would call it a “soul” is one of the most complex and incredibly fascinating things to study. The mind is simply not something you unravel overnight, psychologist and others alike have been studying it for a long time trying to unlock its mysteries. Questions like what makes the foundation for a personality? Why do we do what we do? What is a person thinking while they are reacting to something, do they weigh the pros and cons or just dive right in? There are so many questions of the like that have yet to been answered or explained. This article is designed to give a better understanding of the human mind by research through the Biological, Cognitive, and Behavioral Approaches.