Every argument which is advanced with the intention of proving God exists begins by attempting to redefine ‘proof’ or ‘God’ or ‘existence’ — and sometimes any two or even all three of these. In this post I’m going to look at the last of these terms — ‘existence’ — and examine what it means, particularly …
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Misunderstanding materialism
Every cheesy science fiction show or movie eventually introduces a Spock character. This character is defined in TV Tropes as: A character who will always think before acting, The Spock is an archetype that can be loosely summed up as the tendency to apply rules, reason and the greater good to all of his/her decisions. The Spock …
Was logical positivism ‘refuted’?
The attack on logical positivism which is often quoted as ‘proof’ that it’s self refuting begins with the logical positivist claiming that only empirically testable statements can be regarded as true or false. Their opponent then responds triumphantly: “What about that statement, then? What about: Only empirically testable statements can be regarded as true or …
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