RE: Argument from perpetual identity against naturalism.
March 20, 2013 at 1:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2013 at 1:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
What you're really arguing, you mean. What they "really mean" seems very plain to me. You believe in identity, and from this belief (and as usual, other unspoken things) you have come to the belief that it is perpetual.
To put this another way mystic, the very notion of identity has been criticized as not being a properly basic belief, but you feel comfortable adding attributes to this, and still considering it properly basic (even though Im fairly certain you're prepared to explain why you feel the attribute you've chosen is reasonable..which will again be - at the very least- another list of beliefs upon which this depends. I'm not so much dismayed by your use of this as a properly basic belief, I'm questioning why you feel comfortable doing so. If you want to do so, by all means, have at it, go from there - there will be nagging questions..but hey, that's the point at which you chose to begin..right?
To put this another way mystic, the very notion of identity has been criticized as not being a properly basic belief, but you feel comfortable adding attributes to this, and still considering it properly basic (even though Im fairly certain you're prepared to explain why you feel the attribute you've chosen is reasonable..which will again be - at the very least- another list of beliefs upon which this depends. I'm not so much dismayed by your use of this as a properly basic belief, I'm questioning why you feel comfortable doing so. If you want to do so, by all means, have at it, go from there - there will be nagging questions..but hey, that's the point at which you chose to begin..right?
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