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Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution.
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RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution.
(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: Well, that's fine, Tex, except that your definition falls apart just as easily,

How does it fall apart?

(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: and it still doesn't excuse the misleading way you used it,

How is it misleading?

(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: nor that you were attempting to settle a philosophical question by appeal to usage, which is a thinly disguised appeal to popularity, which is a fallacy.

The definition of the world "morality" is not a philosophical question, it is a linguistic one. And use of language is one of the exceptions where appeal to popularity is not a fallacy.

(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: Now if you want to have an in-depth discussion about the Munchhausen Trilemma, well, I say, "Bring it."

I'd never heard if the term before, but a cursory reading leads me to state that I'm one of those who commonly accepts the "axiomatic" horn.
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RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 10, 2012 at 9:15 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by Tempus - June 10, 2012 at 3:26 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 10, 2012 at 11:31 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 11, 2012 at 5:52 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 11, 2012 at 10:20 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 12, 2012 at 12:36 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 6:04 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 7:56 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 10:15 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 1:15 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 2:38 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 3:49 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 4:30 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 13, 2012 at 7:10 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 14, 2012 at 4:11 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 15, 2012 at 9:41 am
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by genkaus - June 16, 2012 at 4:50 pm
RE: Euthyphro dilemma asked for evolution. - by MysticKnight - February 2, 2016 at 12:26 am

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