RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
November 28, 2012 at 6:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2012 at 6:31 pm by Something completely different.)
(November 28, 2012 at 6:17 pm)alwayson Wrote: "Theism and Western atheism are both based on the assumption that things exist. Thus both are on the same continuum of realism. "
what do you mean with "based"!?
the entire philosophical catigory questioning what we can perceive and know, is called Epistemology. Now that is a school of philosophy and therefor part of humanistic science all over the world and certainly not the determining funderment of western sociaty.
And still:
What is "realism"?
that things exist? wtf!? "just ignore the highway traffic and run accross the road!"
you bet that I dont ignore reality, and dont let people who ignore reality run importent things - that would be insane