RE: There is no "I" in "You"
May 21, 2016 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2016 at 4:49 pm by Gemini.)
(May 21, 2016 at 4:33 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I simply identified his positions as syncretism. Syncretism is when one belief-set or tradition is combined with another belief-set or tradition ...
...that all sounds very skeptical, doesn't it...and then...Karma, Anatta (no, not the syncretism), etc.
Science -arose- of out western philosophy. Are you sure you're not counting the hits (and maybe even syncretising the hits)...and ignoring the misses?
If you mean that Priest is a philosophical syncretist, as opposed to a religious syncretist, then sure.
When I say the philosophical traditions are more skeptical, I mean the *philosophical* traditions. Not the religious traditions. So bugger Karma.
And I don't think it's fair to say science arose out of western philosophy. It arose out of philosophy, sure. Which had been heavily influenced by near-eastern philosophy. Which had been influenced by eastern philosophy.
