(January 19, 2018 at 7:46 pm)FireFromHeaven Wrote:I would argue that philosophy is a good way to argue morality, ethics, law, etc. It is useless as a way to determine the nature of reality. The limitation of the human mind was demonstrated by Galileo when he looked up with a telescope. Since then, science has relied on instrumentation to see beyond what our mammal/ primate senses can perceive.(January 19, 2018 at 7:36 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Religion was our first attempt at explaining reality.
Philosophy our second.
We know more now through science.
So you would argue philosophical arguments are useless in this regard because they aren't science?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!