RE: Why not deism?
July 17, 2020 at 4:21 am
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2020 at 4:23 am by Porcupine.)
(July 17, 2020 at 4:15 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote:(July 17, 2020 at 3:39 am)ModusPonens1 Wrote: Because the universe is most likely a mind and minds tend to have wills.
Uhm... how does that follow/work?
What does 'Most likely a mind' even mean?
Cheers.
Not at work.
How does it follow from what? What do you mean "how does that work"? I'm confused what the nature of such a mind would be like or involve, as well, but it's one thing to have a sound argument for that something is the case and quite another thing to have a sound argument for what that thing, that is the case, is like. We can have reason to believe that X has, or is, Yness without needing to know how Y1 differs from Y2.
To say that X is "most likely a mind" is to say that X is probably an example of something that is a mind. In other words, the nature of the universe is probably mental rather than non-mental.
"Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." - Alan Watts
