(May 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm)Hammy Wrote: [quote='Neo-Scholastic' pid='1752889' dateline='1525991217']
I'm not saying that you are wrong. I am saying that it denies existential freedom.
Yes it denies existential freedom. But I'm not saying that it doesn't and you're not saying that I'm wrong. Great! Suits me!
Quote:No... I believe that it is both true and that I believe it is true because that that belief was forced upon me. When I see how sound the argument is the soundness of the argument compels me to believe in it. Although I already believed it before I read it. Strawson just expresses it the most clearly and concisely.
I understand. If you were forced to believe it is true, then you have to believe that you believe it is true because it is true. If you didn't believe that you believe it is true because it is true, then you don't believe it is true and haven't been forced to believe it's true.
Ah, I've reached the center of the labyrinth.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
