RE: No reason justifies disbelief.
March 22, 2019 at 9:38 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2019 at 9:39 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(March 22, 2019 at 9:31 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(March 22, 2019 at 8:38 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: By reality, I mean, that which is real.
For the third time, there is no secret magical way. We get ideas about what is real by thinking.
For the second time, we only know things through thinking -- memory, interpretation, plugging new data into existing theories.
Some of the things we think can be given greater credence through empirical evidence and some of it can't. The former is science and the latter is metaphysics, generally speaking.
Are these reliable? The former is sometimes reliable, if it isn't funded by Monsanto.
The latter may be less reliable, though people tend to form a consensus.
As I've said many times, I remain skeptical and withhold certainty about metaphysical claims. That's why I try to look at alternatives.
Some people, though, are very sure that their unprovable metaphysical claims are true. For example, someone who said that science is the only way to know reality, would be sure of her metaphysical claim. Because there is no scientific way to prove that only science tells about reality, it is metaphysical thinking to believe that. So you are certain of your metaphysics, while I remain skeptical.
As for your question about which other forums I look at, I'll answer even though you have ignored my similar questions to you. I look at two blogs run by theist philosophers. One is a personal blog and one is more like this one, only dedicated to philosophical questions. I seldom post on those because the level of discussion is very high.
I have no idea what question you’re referring to that you claim I haven’t answered. I assure you it was not intentional. I don’t post on Christian forums, if that’s what you asked me. My mind is open. When someone can show me a way to answers for metaphysical claims that is as wonderfully reliable as the scientific method has been for scientific claims, I’ll start getting to work. Until then, all I see is people saying things like, “I just know”, and “it’s just obvious.” Those answers carry zero explanatory power. They’re assertions that I have no way of verifying are correct.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
