RE: When and where did atheism first start ?
June 25, 2019 at 6:35 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2019 at 7:23 pm by Belacqua.)
(June 25, 2019 at 9:06 am)Losty Wrote: If that were correct it would be unnatural for humans to know anything beyond basic human instinct.
Yes, it would be unnatural for anyone to learn nothing. I am saying that it is natural for people to learn things.
Maybe language has been studied the most. It appears that the mind is structured to be pre-disposed to language learning. Which language it learns depends on local conditions, but it is natural to learn one.
Likewise, it seems reasonable to say, we are disposed to pick up social rules, ideas about how the world works, etc. So it is natural to lack knowledge as a baby, and natural to get it later.
(June 25, 2019 at 9:15 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: you seem to be back to arguing the question of applying normative judgements to the acquisition of religion because it's unnaturalNo, I am not arguing that.
(June 25, 2019 at 9:56 am)Losty Wrote: How is exposure to language not teaching? It may not be the same as in a classroom but we are physically showing our kids how to talk. If we never showed them, they wouldn’t learn. Also, some actual instruction is necessary. Like you have to correct young children when they speak because they often say the words wrong.
Yeah, I think we shouldn't be too strict about the word "learn." It needn't be in a classroom.
If somebody can't speak Japanese, and then he watches enough anime and he becomes able to speak some Japanese, then he has learned it.
And believe me, people who learn Japanese from anime DO require correction to speak it in a normal everyday sense. I speak more Japanese than English in a week, and I can spot an anime-learner immediately. That is not how normal people speak.
