(May 26, 2020 at 7:57 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 26, 2020 at 7:45 pm)possibletarian Wrote: I'm still unsure as to the question it's begging ?OK, I give up.
Quote:Okay, can you give us any kind of evidence you like. why you think we should take it seriously as evidence and why you came to the conclusion that it should be considered evidence ?
Lets forget scientific evidence for a moment...
Can you finish this sentence.. ''I believe this should be seriously considered evidence.. because...
"Evidence" is any input which increases the credibility of a statement.
Raw sensory input becomes evidence when we interpret it as increasing the credibility of some statement.
How we interpret that input depends on our metaphysical views -- what particular statement it is that we think needs increased credibility.
For someone who entertains the possibility of one-off, non-repeatable, non-testable events in the world, an inexplicable event will constitute evidence of something that science can't explain.
For someone who assumes a priori that everything is natural and everything real can be addressed by science, such an event would not be evidence for anything until it is given a scientific explanation.
Forget any scientific explanation for now ...
Why would you jump to considering a non~natural explanation for an experience, what reasoning did you use to make that jump ?
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
