tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post1077455193900688741..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Miracles and EpistemologyBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-83178636620456119232008-10-04T13:01:00.000-07:002008-10-04T13:01:00.000-07:00it only means we must keep looking, even if we mus...<I>it only means we must keep looking, even if we must keep looking ad infinitum.</I><BR/><BR/>This is a very challenging point against naturalism. The only way naturalism could stand up to this criticism is if it eventually gets a "Theory of Everything" or if it keeps reliably getting better theories.<BR/><BR/>One thing I am interested in reading about is supernaturalism. If we investigate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-81287687690899156292008-09-21T08:21:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:21:00.000-07:00JL, apart from you providing a more concrete detai...JL, apart from you providing a more concrete detail for what I summed up with "connections 'seen'" (with "seen" in quotes), you basically repeat my post?<BR/><BR/><B>Yes, and why not? I like your posts. I think we think along the same lines in some ways.</B><BR/><BR/>I say "a rarity cannot be counted as possible simply because it isn't more common." You "counter" that he said they can't be true Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-35230423421951706352008-09-20T22:21:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:21:00.000-07:00"He says c/e are not seen. It's an assumed connect..."He says c/e are not seen. It's an assumed connection based upon what we do see which is just an association.One billiard ball stops, the other one starts moving."<BR/><BR/>JL, apart from you providing a more concrete detail for what I summed up with "connections 'seen'" (with "seen" in quotes), you basically repeat my post? <BR/><BR/>I say "a rarity cannot be counted as possible simply because adudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060925478720656455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-3013191743762251382008-09-20T19:12:00.000-07:002008-09-20T19:12:00.000-07:00I like Rocky and Bullwinkle better too. I like the...I like Rocky and Bullwinkle better too. I like them. I just couldn't think of anything to compare it to. What's with that voice? he sounds like he's trying to make fun of himself. I expected him to go "bwahahahahahah bwaaahahahaha."Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-67067089223127489732008-09-20T16:45:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:45:00.000-07:00Hey, I like Rocky and Bullwinkle. That video'...Hey, I like Rocky and Bullwinkle. That video's kind of creepy ... I think R&B is better.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454747871999481708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-63535385438478911852008-09-19T12:23:00.000-07:002008-09-19T12:23:00.000-07:00the profusion of ignorance in this country is so a...the profusion of ignorance in this country is so alarming. It's just unbearable. Google Amen Hotep IV and you find people saying things like "that's where the term Amen comes from!"<BR/><BR/>I can't face how ignorant people are now. Your film no production value. It's about as well made as Rocky and Bullwinkle.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-52027136894948946732008-09-19T12:06:00.000-07:002008-09-19T12:06:00.000-07:00Sorely inadequate. Don't atheists now days have a ...Sorely inadequate. Don't atheists now days have a concept of refutation an discussion? Is it all just emotive spewing of hatred?Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-51031942453832327522008-09-19T10:48:00.000-07:002008-09-19T10:48:00.000-07:00The awful facts, @ YouTube, about the creator of t...The awful facts, @ YouTube, about the creator of the One God<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iQRFP_e90https://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-80833544060812801322008-09-19T07:32:00.000-07:002008-09-19T07:32:00.000-07:00I had to delete a post because it was ad hom. As l...I had to delete a post because it was ad hom. As long as I'm stuck with holding the fort, we go by my rules. My rules says we do not publish comments that turn on personal attacks against others. <BR/><BR/>this is especially true when those others are me!;-)Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-76795152445796339742008-09-19T07:29:00.000-07:002008-09-19T07:29:00.000-07:00I can't leave without mentioning that this idea of...I can't leave without mentioning that this idea of miracles saps Hume's argument against them. First he argues that Cause and Effect are only connections "seen", and leverages this to argue that "violations of nature", called "miracles", cannot happen. Thus Hume's argument can boil down to an event that the very word admits is a rarity cannot be counted as possible simply because it isn't more Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-32699831934117688062008-09-18T21:22:00.000-07:002008-09-18T21:22:00.000-07:00What people on both sides of the question miss is ...What people on both sides of the question miss is that it's a <I>mir</I>-acle, akin to <I>mir</I>-ror, <I>mir</I>-age and the Latin "to look": <I>mirare</I>.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that <I>wonder</I> has a similar derivation, although <A HREF="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=wonder" REL="nofollow">Online Etymology Dictionary</A> says that the origin is unknown, it also says: "In M.Eadudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060925478720656455noreply@blogger.com