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On the very root of Materialism.
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RE: On the very root of Materialism.
Before I respond to this... know that I hold exactly zero liking for Descartes.

(July 25, 2011 at 6:34 am)Descartes Wrote: One of the fundemental concepts in Athiesm, or Materialism in general,

Stop: Atheism is not Materialism. A disbelief in the existence or a belief in the nonexistence of gods is not a belief in everything being material. One can easily be a theist and believe that gods are material. One can easily be an atheist and believe firmly in spirits, ghosts, wraiths, bigfoot and other mystic creatures.

Quote: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.

'True' knowledge is utter nonsense NTS.

And while one might not consider a thing scientifically so due to not having extensively tested and peer reviewed this... one can easily consider it so based on their own observations, sometimes regardless of testing. And yes, even materialists.

Quote: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.

Logic is, itself, circular. Do you have a problem with logic, or is this arm-waving?

Quote:There is no scientific evidence proving the idea of science as the only true means of human knowledge,

Has mathematics had exceptions yet? Nope. It means that the chance of science, math, logic, whatnot in this universe or at least where we have observed: is



Likely to not be false, on the evidence that it hasn't failed yet.

Quote:It is merely a belief that can be jstified by philosophical propositions, exactly like belief in God!

It is indeed. However "mere" a belief in 'God' is anyway.
(July 25, 2011 at 6:38 am)Rhythm Wrote: Wrong, they're conclusions reached through observation, repitition, and falsification. You don't just believe the plane will fly do you. You don't just believe the pc will fire up..do you?

The fuck is all this "just" believe nonsense you and the OP and everyone else in this seems to be spouting?

You do believe the pc will fire up. That's it. It's not a 'merely believe'. It is not a 'just believe'. Nor is it an 'only believe'. And 'simply believe' is no less ridiculous.

Thank you everyone... have nice day Angry

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Messages In This Thread
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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