Meagain writes on agnostic theism, "Agnostic Theism: belief in a god without claiming to know for sure that the god exists." At first glance,...
(3) excludes anthropocentric teleology, on which the good is always for the benefit of man. (3) also excludes "best of all possible worlds"...
Yeah well, somehow I'm not convinced. Frankly, this is just a bad argument that no one's believed since Berkeley. You know, esse est percipi....
I've been investigating Rand's teleology for a few days now, and I'm actually very impressed with it. Here's what I've pieced together so far. I...
Merry Christmas. I'm going to keep beating this dead horse for reasons that I don't fully understand but can only describe as masochistic....
Well, what about the argument that you can't derive the law of causality as a general principle from the three axioms, or that you can't derive...
Who is that directed at? Are you an Objectivist?
Well, I've started to look over that website I linked on my last post. It's pretty bad. Actually, it's really bad. Here's a snippit: Just so...
I might check out that "Objectivist Epistemology" book. I know that Rand is mostly read for his ethics and political philosophy, neither of which...
The title of this thread might be a little strong. After all, I really don't know much about Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. I've never...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_life
Sorry again, been busy. Perhaps, but the Tractatus is cryptic, and Wittgenstein was a Christian. Bingo. I figured that out and that's why I...
Columbo said a lot here. So, I'm going to have to take it slow. Of course, this has nothing to do with the argument, but, on a side note, I...
Sorry for not responding sooner. I've been busy. [/list]I'm using the term "a priori" in the sense of (2), but it seems to me that (1.2)...
[/size][/font] That's actually a very good point. (But I don't know anything about calorics.) A demonstration is not a proof, but that doesn't...
My mistake, then. Yeah, I'm not really pleased with the way the formal argument worked out. It's not valid, but that doesn't mean it can't be...
Desert Nightmare: I understand that, but you're still using the word "illogical" improperly. It's just a semantic issue. So, you can keep...
Not exactly. As of a few days ago (when I first came up with the argument), I don't know what I am. It depends on whether the argument is valid...
No, the conclusion reads correctly, but I'm growing more and more dissatisfied with the way the argument is formulated. So, I'm going to try it...
In the past, I have argued against the existence of God in the following way: (1) There is no evidence a posteriori for the existence of God....
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