RE: Berkeley's argument for the existence of God
March 29, 2018 at 2:55 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2018 at 2:55 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(March 29, 2018 at 2:50 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(March 29, 2018 at 2:48 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I didn't say that. I was merely iterating Berkeley's notion. To Berkeley, there is no material cause.
Yes, but he asserts that by the premise, material (which if you think about is Opposite of immaterialism) has nothing in common with immaterial, and so there can't be a causal link.
I think this is stronger then any argument I ever done so this guy is goodIT's very well thought of and presented well.
And I think I just further emphasized why that premise is completely true.
...except for the fact that the immaterial idea wouldn't exist if there wasn't a material brain to conceive of it. Material, fleshy, pink brains are the source of ideas. There's a direct necessity for the material brain in order for the immaterial conception to exist or matter. A material brain is the necessary cause for ideas, as far as all the available evidence tells us.
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