(May 29, 2020 at 4:17 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 29, 2020 at 2:38 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I generally like Bel, but I think he’s realized he botched this one. His entire argument is indistinguishable from an argument from ignorance, and he has so far been unable to make that distinction. He simply can’t.
I disagree with you.
To say there are things of which we are ignorant is just a statement of fact.
To assume that we are sure to learn everything is an unwarranted assumption.
If I were claiming that because there are gaps the supernatural must exist, that would be an argument from ignorance. But that is very much NOT what I'm saying.
Whoop!
Uhm... those two sentences don't parse Belaqua.
One is; "...Entire argument is indistinguishable from an argument from ignorance,"
While the other is: "...There are things of which we are ignorant."
Now, I totally agree with you Bel that there are still a great many things about which people as a whole are ignorant of.
But that's not the point tha LadyForCamus is making/stateing.
Are we grokking along on the same page now Mate?
Cheers.
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