(August 3, 2016 at 11:47 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: If you do not believe the cat is alive, that does not make you a dead-ist, and if you do not believe the cat is dead, that does not make you an alive-ist. Not accepting one claim is not the same as affirming the opposite.Fine. Then by the weak definition, I'm an agnostic a-dead-ist and an agnostic a-live-ist. Either way, the beliefs rendered are conditional on the form of question asked, but the agnostic position is alive and well. Therefore, I would identify myself by the consistent agnostic position, and not by the inconsistent weak a-dead-ist or a-alive-ist positions.
Again, if there was a cultural skew toward one, I might find it convenient to declare myself against it-- so no offense to those who see in weak atheism some real utility. But in my background, there's so little skew that I wouldn't bother taking a contrary position-- agnostic is good enough.
