No. No. I don't mean that at all. The Tao clicks with me too (not saying that I understand it well). I believe that there's more to reality than meets...
I'm sorry to burst the bubble here but I find the Tao Te Ching to be like a horoscope - ambiguous and vague enough to fool people into believing somet...
So well written. Thanks. In my humble opinion, violence can't be surgically removed from religion. This isn't the fault of religon because if one cons...
The PSR makes 2 claims 1. Every event has a cause 2. Every proposition has a reason Surely 1 is in the realm of science From what I read on anti-reali...
What standards of evidence will convince you? I don't understand how the nature of the concept of order, as to its being innate or acquired, bears on ...
No problem. Thanks Hasty generalization?! All the mathematical laws written in scientific books and journals amount to nothing then? Thanks. I can see...
I think nothing is very important. To me it is the essence of possibility and thus without it nothing is possible. Take for example a page from a book...
I agree. No forcing anyone to do anything. Also, adult behavior needs to be reviewed to best understand the spirit of such a view. We're not behaving ...
If that's the case then science should be thrown out the window. After all it relies on induction (multiple observations confirming a principle stated...
The refutation is equally old and actually less plausible given the evidence we've accumulated through science. I'm glad you brought that up. It appli...
Notice that you've used "might" which is the truth - we don't know - and that's insufficient as evidence against PSR. I need stronger evidence than ju...
Perhaps sloppy writing is to blame. I don't mean to say PSR is simply assumed to be true. There's evidence that spans all of history - from the jurass...
A house is organized - the plumbing, the lighting, the orientation, the layout, the furniture, etc. - all are designed for convenience, comfort, energ...
Thanks for the compliment. :s If it's all the same'' then they're identical, which is not the case. Surely you can see the difference between man-made...
How would you go about proving/disproving this principle? I'd say the PSR is grounded firmly on evidence which spans across all of history. If you thi...
I think you're the first person I met who broke down the notion of immortality into categories. I think immortality of type 1 and 2 are becoming more ...
I said may. Again, I see a difficulty in proving non-existence which doesn't relate to the PSR. Can you tell me where exactly non-existence and PSR co...
We can't prove that something doesn't exist directly. We have to first assume that it does. The next step would be to look for it. When the search is ...
Liquid methane is nonexistent on the surface of the Earth because the temperature, pressure conditions are not right. Liquid water is nonexistent on M...
Thanks andrewk. You're always there to keep me (and others) on track. Your objection as pertains to the discussion between me and @"TheWillowOfDarknes...
From wikipedia: "The principle has a variety of expressions, all of which are perhaps best summarized by the following: 1) For every entity X, if X ex...
If you deny PSR then please give me an example that disproves it. Ok. My belief in the PSR is cemented by all the fields of knowledge from prehistory ...
Ok. You prefer not to ask the questions I'm asking. That's fine by me. Have you considered how The Principle of Sufficient Reason may apply here? Kind...
If I'm not mistaken, Aristotle had many theories in science, none of which were subjected to empirical verification. And they were false. Galileo bega...
Sorry if my post didn't meet your standards of clarity. Please pick up a book on logic and read up fallacy of composition and how it's confused with f...
No, I'm not. @"Michael" raised a pertinent question, asking if a pile of rocks isn't sufficient to infer human intervention then how is it that we can...
The fallacy of composition occurs when: The property in question (in my case ''order'') is distributed collectively rather than distributively I haven...
That means you're still open to possibilities. I think we're on the same page here. So, what do you make of The principle of sufficient reason. This p...
Good point. An infinite task does deflate our zeal. However, ''a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step''. Georg Cantor, the mathematic...
Lesser because the man-made has never, probably never can, violate Natural Law. I said ''Natural Law'' because I'm still unsure of its orgin - is it a...
That's an interesting POV. So, it must be the case that you think further inquiry into Natural Law is, well, a waste of time and energy. I, on the oth...
I think you're mistaken. I'm glad we agree that there's such a thing as Natural Law. This is our starting point. Where does Natural Law come from? Is ...
Well, Hume's refutation is aimed at the God of scriptures. My God is nothing more than a creator of order (laws of Nature). So, his criticism doesn't ...
Well, the domination-submission dynamic is found in animals and we are animals. The male-female divide in terms of the OP's main point is also reasona...
Well, I think I'm repeating myself, the evidence for conscious agency is order. Among the many things that count as evidence in a tidy room that which...
We have to focus on the essential determinant here. In my view the strongest evidence for a conscious agent is order. So, keeping that in mind, the ev...
I presented two options: 1. God as the orderer of the universe 2. Chance as the order of the universe You say this is a false dilemma. So what's your ...
Yes, that's true. So, how do you explain atheism? Are they wrong in denying the existence of God? With respect to the design argument, are their refut...
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