RE: Atheism Undermines Knowledge
May 7, 2013 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(May 7, 2013 at 2:00 pm)Faith No More Wrote: If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the scientific method has its limitations, such as dealing with abstract concepts....you are trying to impose these limitations upon the mind/body problem when it is actually human limitations that fail to answer the question, not the scientific method.Close. I am saying this. The scientific method has self-imposed limitations that prevent it from closing the gap between quantifiable properties with measurable outcomes and knowledge about the qualitative aspects of reality. The scientific method is a tool and a very good one at that. But its not the end all be all of human understanding.
(May 7, 2013 at 2:12 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: There are plenty of atheists who are neither nihilists nor rationalists.Tell me more. It seems to me that you either believe in a reality that acts according reason or you do not.