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This becomes obvious when that which is "abnormal" invokes a conditioned disgust response, an affect of pre-rational revulsion, the sort of profound and unconsidered (perhaps unconsiderable) abhorrence that leads to the action being vitriolically condemned as an "abomination".

Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

This becomes obvious when that which is "abnormal" invokes a conditioned disgust response, an affect of pre-rational revulsion, the sort of profound and unconsidered (perhaps unconsiderable) abhorrence that leads to the action being vitriolically condemned as an "abomination".

An Open Letter to John C. Wright Hal Duncan 2009

It's a un- or pre-rational feeling, pure emotion and physicality, like I'm going to expire on the spot.

Archive 2010-01-01 Flavia 2010

It's a un- or pre-rational feeling, pure emotion and physicality, like I'm going to expire on the spot.

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2010

Magical thinking is best thought of as pre-rational reasoning.

Bob Burnett: What Caused the BP Oil Leak? Magical Thinking 2010

We may prize reason, but our limbic system -- the reptile part of our brain, the governor of our emotions, the seat of pleasure and fear and attention and memory -- is pre-rational.

Marty Kaplan: If You Liked Health Care, You'll Love Afghanistan 2009

People who think as she does are largely pre-rational in their beliefs, which can't be defeated with reason - she and people like her will hold tighter and tighter to her faith the more she is challenged.

Prop 8 and Pre-rational Worldviews William Harryman 2009

Identity politics, in the modern sense, is associated with ideologies, but for Connolly, identity formations go down to pre-rational consolidations.

Identity has its animal or perhaps even mineral basis Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

When individuals are unable to adapt to the world and establish control through rational means, they naturally revert to pre-rational modes of adaptation, following, specifically, the principles of operant conditioning excessively. 1 This involves increasing behavior that was followed by success and decreasing behavior that was followed by failure.

The Origin of Sin 2009

If we can't logically prove God's existence, then isn't God just a wishful delusion, a manipulative construct of control-based religion, or a pre-rational fantasy?

Alan Lurie: Looking for God in All the Wrong Places 2009