RE: rational naturalism is impossible!
October 4, 2013 at 8:42 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2013 at 8:55 pm by Rational AKD.)
(October 4, 2013 at 8:32 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Your conclusion, as it appears to be stated, is that no knowledge is attainable, which is not the case. Just because our cognitive abilities were not adapted to determine truth does not mean that they can't determine any truth at all.
if any of our cognitive abilities are possibly false indicators of truth and we can't determine which of these cognitive abilities are, then all our cognitive abilities are in question. this includes the proposition of naturalism, which means we can't me more than half sure naturalism is true.
I would like to make a correction to my original few posts. I've stated that our observations are not subject to this argument due to the fact that they would most likely have to be true indicators to be beneficial to our survival. the problem I now see is that if our reasoning skills are not necessarily hinged on truth, then we can't say what we can reason to be best for survival is necessarily the case. so to correct the argument, it does in a way sort of advocate a type of solipsism.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
-Galileo
