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Some things being above reason
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RE: Some things being above reason
(November 17, 2014 at 10:29 pm)whateverist Wrote: I don't see how the incompleteness of a physical account of human experience suggests the existence of a non-physical existence. Emergent properties of physical substance would seem to sufficient. The leap to bogey men seems unwarranted.
Falling back on emergent properties? Might as well invoke magic; it has the same explanatory capacity.
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Some things being above reason - by Dolorian - November 7, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by abaris - November 7, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Faith No More - November 7, 2014 at 3:42 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Mudhammam - November 7, 2014 at 3:54 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Thumpalumpacus - November 7, 2014 at 4:12 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Pitsligo - November 10, 2014 at 9:00 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by robvalue - November 7, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 8, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Minimalist - November 8, 2014 at 12:47 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 8, 2014 at 12:55 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by robvalue - November 8, 2014 at 4:59 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 8, 2014 at 9:13 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 10, 2014 at 9:48 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by genkaus - November 10, 2014 at 9:50 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 12, 2014 at 9:29 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chas - November 15, 2014 at 12:01 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 15, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 17, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 17, 2014 at 11:42 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by FifthElement - November 18, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Piscinin - November 18, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 10, 2014 at 11:49 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Dystopia - November 10, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Angrboda - November 10, 2014 at 11:58 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chad32 - November 10, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Jackalope - November 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Dolorian - November 10, 2014 at 10:17 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 11, 2014 at 2:24 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Rayaan - November 11, 2014 at 4:29 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chad32 - November 11, 2014 at 10:58 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by abaris - November 11, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chas - November 11, 2014 at 11:09 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 11, 2014 at 11:26 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Rayaan - November 12, 2014 at 1:47 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by TreeSapNest - November 12, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Wyrd of Gawd - November 15, 2014 at 5:35 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by g0sU - November 15, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 9:32 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 17, 2014 at 11:53 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 18, 2014 at 12:11 am

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