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      Uncovering today’s rationalistic attunement

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          In this paper, we explore a rationalistic orientation in Western society . We suggest that this orientation is one of the predominant ways in which Western society tends to frame, understand and deal with a majority of problems and questions – namely in terms of mathematical analysis, calculation and quantification, relying on logic, numbers, and statistics. Our main goal in this paper is to uncover the affective structure of this rationalistic orientation. In doing so, we illustrate how this orientation structures the way not only individuals but society as a whole frames and solves problems. We firstly point towards some exemplary instances of the rationalistic orientation , specifically regarding science, society, and lifeworld practice. Crucially, we argue that the rationalistic orientation is not merely based on a set of beliefs we could easily correct; but rather, that it is an affective condition tacitly shaping our engagement with the world in an encompassing way. Relating to the work of Martin Heidegger, we argue that what we have called an orientation in the beginning is in fact a rationalistic attunement. This attunement fundamentally shapes the pre-reflective level of how individuals approach the world. We elaborate this claim by showing how the rationalistic attunement concretely manifests in tangible socio-material affect dynamics. In the end, we motivate a critical stance towards this attunement, providing the ability to reflect upon and question instances where this way of framing and solving problems is counterproductive.

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                Contributors
                paul.schuetze@outlook.de
                Journal
                Phenomenol Cogn Sci
                Phenomenol Cogn Sci
                Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                1568-7759
                1572-8676
                10 February 2021
                10 February 2021
                : 1-22
                Affiliations
                GRID grid.10854.38, ISNI 0000 0001 0672 4366, Universitiy of Osnabrueck, , Institute of Cognitive Science, ; Osnabrueck, Germany
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-1497
                Article
                9728
                10.1007/s11097-021-09728-z
                7875560
                c9dffe49-546c-43aa-bdd9-ee1f1cc74720
                © The Author(s) 2021

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                : 19 January 2021
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