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Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous.
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RE: Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous.
(September 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm)JuliaL Wrote: Premise 2:  Unwarranted assumption: Absolute morals may or may not exist outside me, I have only my experiences to judge.

You're speaking of moral ontology which was already covered in premise 1.

Quote:Premise 3:  Unwarranted assumption: Experiential, subjective evidence only suggests other consciousnesses and their similarity to me.

Then you're not with premise 1. Premise 3 is not proven but it's reasonable to assume that what applies to one's own mind applies to others. We all have different values but we all have values in our minds. Not proven... but reasonable...yes?
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RE: Devil's advocate for why ontology is meaningless and vacuous. - by Edwardo Piet - September 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm

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