RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
December 8, 2012 at 8:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 8, 2012 at 8:05 pm by alwayson.)
(December 8, 2012 at 7:27 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(December 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm)alwayson Wrote: It is not that we claim non-existence, we merely remove claims for existence.
A nonimplicative negation is a simple negation that implies nothing else.
The opposite is an affirming negation such as "That mother has no son", which implies a daughter etc. etc.
I forgot to ask this, but how does the universe not exist? I'm not asking you to prove that it does not; I am asking you how this very conversation is not proof that it does exist.
Think about characters in a dream, and whether they exist simply because you are talking to them.
(December 8, 2012 at 8:04 pm)genkaus Wrote:(December 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm)alwayson Wrote: Yes you both are realist.
Don't be an idiot. They believe in things that are not real. By definition they are not realists.
I've already said it many times before. I'm using a Buddhist definition of realist.