(August 12, 2016 at 2:07 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(August 12, 2016 at 1:23 pm)SteveII Wrote: Why isn't the 'god center' in the brain further justification for the position that belief in God is properly basic? In regards to the other religions, I agree that feelings can be affected by all sorts of things--including religion--including Christianity. That does not mean that the stronger claim of a Christian to be changed by a relationship with God is false.
Do you believe that the mind is contingent on but separate from the brain?
wiki Wrote:Within th(e) basic framework of foundationalism exist a number of views regarding which types of beliefs qualify as properly basic; that is, what sorts of beliefs can be justifiably held without the justification of other beliefs.
Steve if all you're arguing for is the right to choose the beliefs you wish to regard as foundational, have at it. Of course the same can be said by anyone who holds a whacko idea very highly so long as doing so results in no life threatening consequences. The Heaven's Gate group is an example of 39 people who were so convinced of their whacko idea that they committed mass suicide in order to meet up with the supernatural power they were convinced was waiting for them. Amazingly none of them were awarded a Darwin Award.
There are conditions to being a 'properly basic belief' (a technical term). One of which is that there is no external defeaters for your belief.
