(May 17, 2012 at 2:52 pm)liam Wrote: Well his refutations aren't necessarily wrong but rather unexplained and are poor examples of discourse, for example (and im pretty much paraphrasing from almost a year ago);
'Aquinas argues that because there is good, and we can measure it, there must be a 'most good' thing, yet this proves nothing. I may say that because we measure the stinkiness of things there must be a 'stinkiest thing' ' Once again this is a very loose quote but the main point is the same and the general disrespect for the argument is equally present -.-
Alas, I don't like some other points he makes on it as they're very general and often already used, for which he provides no further explanation, like saying there is no evidence for god as cause, seems pretty regurgitated to me. once again, just a thought
The stinky argument seems like a pretty good example of reductio ad absurdum to me.