RE: Determinism Is Self Defeating
July 11, 2013 at 9:32 pm
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2013 at 9:40 pm by bennyboy.)
(July 11, 2013 at 5:24 pm)Red Celt Wrote: I hope that all of the "non-determinists" remember these conversations the next time that they're talking to a creationist who demands that they show them proof of evolution. Not that it is the best explanation, based on all available evidence, mind. Because (apparently) that isn't enough.Nice try, but just because both determinism and evolution are held by scientists doesn't mean that those who doubt them are following the same process, or have the same reasons, or are using similar kinds of logic. In fact, I'd argue that the scientists are using different processes in arriving at evolution and determinism. Don't believe me? Science can still be done with good confidence if you do not believe that evolution is true, or even if it turns out to be dead wrong. Physical determinism must be true, or the scientific process will be invalidated. See the difference? Only the "conclusion" of determinism begs the question.
They'll either achieve recognition of what they've been doing here... or they'll become hypocrites.
Either/or.
