RE: Is the statement "Claims demand evidence" always true?
January 13, 2017 at 3:51 am
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2017 at 4:03 am by The Grand Nudger.)
So, metaphysical evidence is a lowered bar? Why would I be interested...and were still talking about evidence, aren't we? We're still acknowledging the evidentiary requirement. Insight meditiation isn't logic, you're equivocating on truth, now. They may discover something accurate, but we're talking about truth. Cant be revealed through sensory observations? What kind of observation did they make, a non-sensory observation? We don;t have that ability, so far as we know. All of our observations are sensory. Even the ones we imagine are fucking sensory, lol.....? The most potent sensory organ you possess is between your ears.
I wouldn't require any evidence for that, personally. You say it was the most beautiful sunset you've ever seen, it was the most beautiful sunset you'e ever seen. Nevertheless, a persons inability to produce evidence of a subjective experience (and.....we don't actually have any such inability - nor is any fancy equipment required) is their own problem - and you;re not actually discussing your ability to produce evidence of your subjective experience in that example, you're musing on your ability to prove it was "the most beautiful sunset you've ever seen". Establishing that you had a subjective experience of a sunset should be trivially easy. I can accept that they're expressing their opinion, but if they want to turn that into a claim that they contend is logically true.....well, they're gonna have to pony up some evidence so that I can assess the soundness of the proposition...and they're going to have to pony up a valid argument....or else they'll just have to be content with me accepting their opinion, as their opinion, not some grand and logical truth.
I wouldn't require any evidence for that, personally. You say it was the most beautiful sunset you've ever seen, it was the most beautiful sunset you'e ever seen. Nevertheless, a persons inability to produce evidence of a subjective experience (and.....we don't actually have any such inability - nor is any fancy equipment required) is their own problem - and you;re not actually discussing your ability to produce evidence of your subjective experience in that example, you're musing on your ability to prove it was "the most beautiful sunset you've ever seen". Establishing that you had a subjective experience of a sunset should be trivially easy. I can accept that they're expressing their opinion, but if they want to turn that into a claim that they contend is logically true.....well, they're gonna have to pony up some evidence so that I can assess the soundness of the proposition...and they're going to have to pony up a valid argument....or else they'll just have to be content with me accepting their opinion, as their opinion, not some grand and logical truth.
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