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If there is no such causal link then the argument is unjustified

Thanks for these. I'll definitely be looking into this.

I'm that fellow mysterian!!!

Very interesting hypothesis. Do you have any resources or reading materials for me to look at because your theory sounds really interesting.

If you have a theory not on the list please comment below...

The particular handicap when it comes to materialist theories of consciousness is that we make a substance that is antithetical to consciousness and t...

This response will only work for people who already accept that there is an afterlife which is filled of infinite goodness.

Thanks for the clarification. Never heard this perspective on causal principles before.

It seems you adopt a view of pragmatism where if the principle does not help us in everyday life then it is meaningless? I don't think this answers th...

@"Benj96" The question I would ask is, assuming the being is not a God, is does God exist? I think it's the most important question for us to know the...

I would disagree here on the science of the big bang. Quantum gravity and emergent space time could easily mean that time can apply in a slightly diff...

Good perspective. Thanks for the response.

@"Wayfarer" Nominalists will heavily disagree with the first claim that numbers don't begin to exist and don't cease from existing. Even if Platonism ...

Thanks for the comprehensive response. I'll go and think about this and read up on some of the literature.

Interesting response. Thanks for your engagement with my post.

Thanks for the response. In the mereological version of the Kalam i wasn't trying to state it as true, I was just arguing that someone who uses Alex's...

I'll admit off the bat that I am not all that familiar with the brain in a vat literature so some of my comments here may seem misguided. I am not com...

I have a few further questions from your responses if that is ok? My response to this is I don't see any reason to accept that it is not useful to try...

Someone who uses this line of reasoning needs to show a necessary causal link between omnibenevolence (being all loving) and the removal/prevention of...

A further comment is that a first cause / kalam style argument could be structured to accept the claim of the mereological nihilist. As follows... 1. ...

As far as I understand it, the objection you are raising is one based off mereological nihilism - the view that there are no composite objects such as...

It depends on whether you view an atheist as someone who positively rejects the existence of any Gods. To me, I don't see atheism as simply a lack of ...

A good argument against brain in vat scenarios is the idea that the semantic content of our language (meaning of words) would make no sense if I was t...