RE: Evidence for a god. Do you have any ?
October 10, 2018 at 2:46 pm
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2018 at 3:04 pm by SteveII.)
(October 10, 2018 at 1:59 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(October 10, 2018 at 1:17 pm)SteveII Wrote: You misunderstand. I don't want a science article. I want to see an article that argues that an actual infinity of concrete objects can logically exists. Your entire argument rests on this. You are making metaphysical (not scientific) claims and therefore you need metaphysical reasoning to support your metaphysical claims.
The logical possibility is demonstrated by the consistency of the math. That is *all* that is required to show that the concept is consistent.
Metaphysics is usually simply re-arranging preconceptions. It is flawed from the beginning. The *only* relevant questions are whether the concept of infinity is logically inconsistent (it isn't) and whether observation supports some actual infinity. I agree that we have no *positive proof* of an infinite space, for example, but the current evidence certainly allows for that possibility. But that isn't the issue. The issue is whether an actual infinity is *logically* contradictory. And the math shows that it isn't.
That we are talking about 'concrete' objects is irrelevant to the logical possibility. All that is required is an infinite extent of space (certainly a logical possibility) and concrete objects scattered in that infinite space.
Ahh--so all we need to do is declare some axiom (like the Axiom of Infinity) and PRESTO -- there exists the possibility of an infinite number of concrete objects in the real world. Got it. Glad to know your basis for your argument is so well founded.
Whether some object is concrete or not is "irrelevant"!? You don't even realize you are positing metaphysical possibilities using a discipline that the real world has no constraints upon. No wonder you couldn't come up with an article.