tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post1652460821391906309..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: The Argument from Truth in AugustineVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-31876707744097696172011-05-08T13:17:28.428-07:002011-05-08T13:17:28.428-07:00[cont]
"7. And this Truth is the SOURCE of ou...[cont]<br /><i>"7. And this Truth is the SOURCE of our world."</i><br /><br />Again, Truth as such, as an objectively existing thing, does not exist. Truth is a property that some statements can have.<br /><br /><i>A. To exist must have form</i><br /><br />I do not know what "form" is. Extension? If so then no, that is not true. Electromagnetic fields exist but they do not have "extension".<br /><br /><i>B. Form depends on number.</i><br /><br />Incoherent.<br /><br /><i>C. A thing cannot form itself.</i><br /><br />Particles spontaneously generate all the time. You can demonstrate this. In high school.<br /><br /><i>Therefore: God</i><br /><br />The conclusion is not justified because the argument is not valid.brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544680532155804010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-62003675106148702752011-05-08T13:16:20.928-07:002011-05-08T13:16:20.928-07:001. You know you exist.
No I don't. I presume ...<i>1. You know you exist.</i><br /><br />No I don't. I presume I exist but I cannot know I exist. It is possible to question whether or not the Cartesian subject actually exists.<br /><br /><i>3. Your reason is superior to mere existence</i><br /><br />Superior is a value judgment and is not an objective fact of the world. It is a mere opinion that Reason is better than existence.<br /><br /><i>5. Something would be God if it were...<br /><br />B. not part of physical world</i><br /><br />Question begging. There is no physical world. That is a 19th century concept. There is no "matter". There is only mass and energy. What exists are tiny knots of energy that exist in relationship with each other. Mass as a substance does not exist, it is a relationship, an exchange of the Higgs boson, between particles.<br /><br />The world is everything that is the case. If it is the case that God exists, then God is a part of the world.<br /><br /><i>6. There is something like that, Truth i.e. Numbers and Wisdom</i><br /><br />Numbers doe not exist in that way. Number is just the name we give to a relationship between things in the world. Math is a human constructed language that names objects and their behaviors. Mathematical meaning is assigned not discovered. But it is assigned to really existing things that exist independent of us so it feels like a discovery when mathematical implications are worked on abstractly and then found to apply to the world.<br /><br />[cont]brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544680532155804010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-61439647973837577202011-05-08T11:08:52.399-07:002011-05-08T11:08:52.399-07:00But... reason is not superior to experience. Hence...But... reason is not superior to experience. Hence the argument fails.brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544680532155804010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-91259785079733848702011-05-02T22:01:56.892-07:002011-05-02T22:01:56.892-07:00"The Argument from Truth in Augustine""The Argument from Truth in Augustine"Online T.v Channelshttp://tvbolo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-43079600752662963012011-05-02T16:31:57.400-07:002011-05-02T16:31:57.400-07:00I have no idea what it means to be an atheist and ...I have no idea what it means to be an atheist and to affirm necessary truths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-9406788098948973862011-04-30T10:33:36.197-07:002011-04-30T10:33:36.197-07:00I don't understand...where is the contradictio...I don't understand...where is the contradiction between being an atheist and being a metaphysical realist about things like numbers, mathematical rules, etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-82284597727941464762011-04-30T09:30:39.104-07:002011-04-30T09:30:39.104-07:00Of course your response will be "eh?" wh...Of course your response will be "eh?" when a some thousands of words from Augustine are reduced to 20 by some other person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-38608874064783905042011-04-30T04:19:32.095-07:002011-04-30T04:19:32.095-07:00Eh?Eh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342391408412861663noreply@blogger.com