RE: One philosophical argument for existence of supernatural.
February 14, 2015 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 14, 2015 at 6:02 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 14, 2015 at 12:55 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Because in evolution, we would've gained it simply because it was beneficial to us without any bearing on whether we actually know it to be objective or not. Evolution would've just gave us a sense of praise without any bearing in a objective reality of praise, we would not know whether it's objective or not.
But what would make you even suspect in the first place that praise is objective? Why would praise exist objectively?
If there existed a universe identical to this one in every way, except that there were no conscious beings in it, would praise exist?
Praise is a perfectly explainable action within the evolutionary model for social animals.
Quote:I'm defining it as a positive value given to us or our actions, that has an objective positive value.
I don't understand why you define it that way?
Praise is just another way for conscious social animals to create a society that others of the same species want to live in and contribute to. There is nothing better to get members of society to make positive contributions than to their home, workplace, society, etc than receiving praise for their actions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
