(August 14, 2009 at 7:45 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:(August 14, 2009 at 7:36 pm)padraic Wrote: I don't conflate that with evidence necessarily. For the atheist like myself,I think it can be the experience of realising there IS no evidence,[...]
I just think of it as overall an evidential matter. Because it's either about evidence or lack thereof.
(August 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm)theVOID Wrote: Philosophy is a great way to spend your life not getting answers.
I tend to think of philosophy of more about questions than answers.
EvF
Still a waste of time, there are no answers. People are actually paid money to sit around and think about a range of issues but are not expected to produce any meaningful results or evidence.
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