(February 16, 2022 at 7:18 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: "We can prove there are no living T-Rexes"
No because knowledge of their existence or nonexistence is, in both cases, an empirical claim. Objectivity in that case is the realm of science and science deals with evidence not proof.
Quote:"We can prove there are no Muslims in the US Senate"
No, because [the same reason as above].
Quote:"You can show that if something is self-contradicting that it can't exist"
True but irrelevant.
Quote:"There are no married bachelors"
True but irrelevant.
Quote:So what do you think, is WLC right? Can one prove the negative, as he says
We can prove the negative of God because God is self-contradictory. We can't prove the negative of T-Rexes because there is nothing self contradictory about them.
Schopenhauer Wrote:The intellect has become free, and in this state it does not even know or understand any other interest than that of truth.
Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure
