RE: Scientism & Philosophical Arguments
December 16, 2015 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2015 at 4:06 pm by Alex K.)
(December 16, 2015 at 3:56 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(December 16, 2015 at 10:11 am)Quantum Wrote: Ooh. So if a scientific result we thought was correct turns out to be false, it shows that reliable truth can only be found with God, and if a scientific result turns out to be correct, it shows how God's grace made it reliable. You can't lose!That's not what I mean. When natural science gets detached from absolutes, the kind that provide a glimpse of Nature’s God, nothing rationally justifies efficient causality, the reliability of intellect, objective being, or consideration of essential natures.
No, reliability of intellect is not justified rationally. Even worse, if intellect were unreliable, we would have no reliable way to ever know it, right? The reliability of intellect therefore must be a working hypothesis which appears consistent with observation.
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
