(July 3, 2018 at 9:45 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(July 2, 2018 at 11:46 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I’m sorry, I’ll get to the rest later (may be delayed with the holiday). However, I have a quick question. A catagory error is an ontological error, where a property is inappropriately applied where it doesn’t belong, judging a painting’s worth by how much it weighs would be a category mistake. The worth of a painting is not valued in that way. So what is the category that you are saying is being misused here? A category error is ontological, and therefore objective. So it cannot be based on your knowledge or a priori belief. Your subjective experience doesn’t change the nature of anything. I don’t understand how you are applying this category error.
Sure. So, from Wikipedia (if I may):
Quote:categorical mistake, or mistake of category is a semantic or ontological error in which things belonging to a particular category are presented as if they belong to a different category or, alternatively, a property is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.
Its own name and definition put “supernatural” in a seperate and distinct category from “natural”. Unless you are going attempt to draw some kind of false equivalence between the two, I don’t see how they could be rationally considered as categorically equal.
Ok, I describe supernatural, as outside of the natural universe. But other than that I don’t see a difference or where by nature it is any difference. As well, what is seen and described is completely in the realm of the natural. It’s only when you follow the evidence to the conclusion, that you may designate it as supernatural. Really the only time I’m concerned with supernatural, is when someone wants to treat God like a natural force.
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