RE: Why do you not believe in God?
July 16, 2012 at 5:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2012 at 5:08 pm by Mystic.)
(July 16, 2012 at 5:05 pm)CliveStaples Wrote:(July 16, 2012 at 4:57 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: No, the memory is reliable, and the proof of it lies in the memory (properly basic).
Properly basic in what sense? It's not like "Cogito ergo sum"; I can deny without contradiction that my memories correspond to reality.
Additionally, basic beliefs--whether 'proper' or not--are not justified by other beliefs. That is, in what sense do your memories 'prove' that they are reliable?
The experience of the memory. When I experience pain, I know what pain feels like. When I experience a reliable memory, I know for certain that the past occurred by virtue of the experience of the memory.
It doesn't need to be justified by something else. A reliable memory is a reliable experience and informs reliably of the past. I don't need to prove that, the experience proves it.
