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Thread: Answers needed
Post: RE: Answers needed
| (June 25, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Louis Chérubin Wrote: Thanks for your answers! Two follow-up questions:
1. Since the universe started with the big-bang, where did cellular life (evidence of design) come ... |
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June 27, 2015 at 7:10 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 24, 2015 at 10:00 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Why is this thread so long? Why isn't it the OP, and one definitive smack down, and everyone else just walking away in disgust that this is currently the ... |
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June 25, 2015 at 9:13 am |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 23, 2015 at 5:38 am)robvalue Wrote: Faulty or incorrect premises is a good enough rebuttal. If it starts off with shit, you don't need to go any further.
Almost always, these things start wit... |
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June 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 22, 2015 at 7:22 pm)bennyboy Wrote: (June 22, 2015 at 7:12 pm)Barefoot Wrote: It's a step up from Van Til. If you even speak, no matter what is said, it's "proof" for Christian theism.
I d... |
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June 22, 2015 at 10:04 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 22, 2015 at 2:09 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Does it bother anyone else that these apologist arguments more often than not boil down to:
1. X thing exists.
2. X thing belongs to my god.
3. Therefore, ... |
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June 22, 2015 at 7:12 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| Please don't overlook my edit above. |
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Philosophy
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June 21, 2015 at 11:25 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 21, 2015 at 10:44 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I'm sorry, was the above supposed to have some relevance to the topic of meaning?
I'm starting to have a funny feeling that you're misrepresenting... |
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June 21, 2015 at 11:12 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| But for a rational inference to be made, these must be true. Doesn't that mean science presupposes determinate meaning?
1. States of mind have a relation to the world we call intentionality, or about... |
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June 21, 2015 at 10:35 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 21, 2015 at 9:58 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Which part did you have an issue with?
Naturalism can be true in a world that is *devoid* of meaning (intrinsic or subjective). In essence, natu... |
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June 21, 2015 at 10:10 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| (June 21, 2015 at 9:41 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Naturalism has fuck all to do with meaning.
The first premise is a non-sequitur.
Could you elaborate? |
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June 21, 2015 at 9:42 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: RE: Argument from Reason?
| It could be stated, at least in part, this way:
1. If naturalism is true, then meaning is indeterminate.
2. Meaning is determinate (a presupposition of reason and science).
3. Therfore, naturalism i... |
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June 21, 2015 at 9:37 pm |
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Thread: Argument from Reason?
Post: Argument from Reason?
| Is there anyone familiar with this argument as advanced by Victor Reppert? I'm having trouble understanding it and cannot find much help online. |
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June 21, 2015 at 4:50 pm |
