RE: Berkeley's argument for the existence of God
March 29, 2018 at 5:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2018 at 5:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 29, 2018 at 5:07 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: No matter, never mind. Asserting that ideas are materials (because you said so) isn't any better than asserting that materials are ideas. Idea = material means the same as material = idea. Same equation backwards.You know, that;s the irony of it. If we're just asserting things then all assertions are equal. So it makes little sense for a person to reassert and reassert.
Since we're not just asserting things...one side asserts the other side asserts and then elaborates....it's not a problem for us..just one of us.
As far as we can tell, ideas are as material as any other thing..even if they aren't as blue as any other thing (or are twice as blue as any other thing), and even if the idea of an apple is not an apple. I've explored the assertion at every line of inquiry presented, and will continue to do so for any example offered. As assertions..they're not equal. That's that, unless and until someone wants to explore the immaterial assertion in the same way that the material assertion has been. Double irony, I can throw away the material assertion for conversations sake and I won't even be close to out of options when it comes to tossing out the conclusion.
As poly commented..the entire thing is deeply flawed.
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