(January 6, 2015 at 12:14 pm)*steve* Wrote: You can. Question is whether or not, that ultimate is truly a stopping point.What is the absolute criterion to determine when something is truly a stopping point, one that is better than simply defining it to be?
Quote:Take for example, physics. The search for the "theory of everything" continues. If it is ever found, by definition, it stops there.
Even if such a theory should exist, it is scientifically impossible out of principle to know whether we have found it. And I think that's not hair-splitting in this discussion, but illustrates the nature of the problem.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition