RE: Your position on naturalism
November 25, 2016 at 6:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2016 at 6:03 pm by Ignorant.)
(November 25, 2016 at 1:21 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote:Ignorant Wrote:May I ask a question? Suppose there is no positive way to determine that something we've encountered IS being-itself.
This is what I'm most curious about. Does this concept of being-itself have any validity outside of the humanistic mindset? [1] Does reality conform to our thought processes? [2]
P.S. I apologize If I have come off as highly inquisitive. Unfortunately, I am a man who has many questions but not many answers. [3]
1) Certainly. If humans go extinct, being-itself would continue to-be.
2) Certainly not! Instead, we must seek to conform our thought processes to reality. What I have described in this thread ultimately derives from observation, even if I seem to present it as an a priori conclusion. The thread basically asked if we hold to a sort of super-naturalism as opposed to naturalism/materialism. I hold to neither, and have tried to describe my view (and not necessarily the arguments which lead to such a view).
3) No apologies necessary! Questions are quite welcome.