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On the very root of Materialism.

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On the very root of Materialism.
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On the very root of Materialism.
July 25, 2011 at 6:34 am (This post was last modified: July 25, 2011 at 6:38 am by Descartes.)


One of the fundemental concepts in Athiesm, or Materialism in general, is that life is only matter, leading to another concept : the only means of true knowledge is science, and if any claim does not have a scientific, i.e. material, evidence can not be considered true.

This view, however, is self-contradictory. Because it sets a condition for the validity of any calim that it has to be scientific while this condition itself is not scientific. There is no scientific evidence proving the idea of science as the only true means of human knowledge, It is merely a belief that can be jstified by philosophical propositions, exactly like belief in God!


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On the very root of Materialism. - by Descartes - July 25, 2011 at 6:34 am
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Darwinian - July 25, 2011 at 6:42 am
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by theVOID - July 25, 2011 at 7:51 am
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Welsh cake - July 25, 2011 at 9:44 am
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by LastPoet - July 25, 2011 at 12:04 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Ace Otana - July 25, 2011 at 12:53 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Violet - July 25, 2011 at 6:31 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Violet - July 25, 2011 at 6:39 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Violet - July 25, 2011 at 6:46 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by padraic - July 25, 2011 at 7:34 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Violet - July 25, 2011 at 7:39 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by padraic - July 25, 2011 at 7:47 pm
RE: On the very root of Materialism. - by Violet - July 25, 2011 at 7:55 pm

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