Post by congl95 on Dec 1, 2017 16:29:51 GMT
The natural attitude, as explained by Butt, is a perspective that the society in which we live holds, that is automatically ingrained in us as we grow up in that society. Different objects, words, norms, and symbols will seem inherently more "natural" or "right" than others, without logical or empirical justification for this naturalness. Because of this bias in our understanding of the world and how it works, we are more likely to side with some opinions, engage in certain activities, and interpret situations in some way over others out of this internal intuition that some things are better or more correct than others. It isn't until one analyzes the natural attitude of their society and time that they can see how it has been directing their judgement, and bringing them to conclusions that they might now see as faulty.
An example of the natural attitude is how back Descartes and Spinoza's time, they had to hide their opinions and writings from the public for fear of being seen as heretics and writing blasphemy. This was because the natural attitude was that God was the ultimate truth, and he was watching everyone's actions intently; if the citizens didn't rage against, or ostracize, the heretics, they would be seen as not being as holy to God. It was seen as nonsensical to say anything about religion because humans were meant to worship God, not question his reality.
An example of the natural attitude is how back Descartes and Spinoza's time, they had to hide their opinions and writings from the public for fear of being seen as heretics and writing blasphemy. This was because the natural attitude was that God was the ultimate truth, and he was watching everyone's actions intently; if the citizens didn't rage against, or ostracize, the heretics, they would be seen as not being as holy to God. It was seen as nonsensical to say anything about religion because humans were meant to worship God, not question his reality.
