RE: Illustrating the burden of proof - pay me!
February 5, 2022 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2022 at 1:04 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(February 5, 2022 at 12:37 pm)brewer Wrote:(February 5, 2022 at 12:02 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Very simply put:
“The Principle of Sufficient Reason is a powerful and controversial philosophical principle stipulating that everything must have a reason, cause, or ground.”
And what if I don't agree with the proposed reason, cause, or ground? As far as I'm concerned it then becomes subjective.
The history channel guy says aliens exist and appears to provide sufficient reason as far as he's concerned.
What am I missing?
The Stanford article goes into great detail with regard to what is considered “sufficient,” from a philosophical POV. Yours is a question better suited for @Neo-Scholastic or @Belacqua. I’m not proficient in the concept, myself. I was just pointing out that Neo was referring to a specific principal in philosophy, not merely a colloquial notion of personal, subjective evidentiary standards.
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