RE: Appeal to authority
February 14, 2019 at 3:56 am
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2019 at 4:15 am by GrandizerII.)
(February 14, 2019 at 12:50 am)Belaqua Wrote: Experts or authorities on theology or philosophy can be very helpful in analyzing the axiom you use here. Metaphysics in general is -- by definition -- not something that physics can test. Hence the name "metaphysics." Yet we all have positions on metaphysical ideas. E.g., your position that science is the best source of knowledge.
I'm not sure why you had to insert theology in there. Experts on theology can be helpful in this case, sure, but not because they are experts on theology ...
A theologian tends to also be a philosopher, and it is their training in philosophy that would be useful to help answer epistemological questions such as whether or not science is the best source of knowledge. Not their training in theology. Just because someone believes in God and has a comprehensive knowledge of past and present discussions on God doesn't mean they therefore have the required expertise from being a theologian to help answer metaphysical questions.
