2010/8/30 Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> > > On 29 Aug 2010, at 21:20, Rex Allen wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Stephen P. King <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Excellent topic and comments! Naturalism does seem to be a >>> natural condition of humans given their predilection for supernatural or >>> supranatural explanations of events that have no simplistic explanations, >>> i.e. in terms of their common every day experiences which are limited by >>> their socioeconomic conditions. I am not sure what Idealist Accidentalism >>> would entail… Could you elaborate on this, Rex? >>> >> >> By "idealist" I'm referring to metaphysical idealism...that what >> fundamentally exists is mental, not physical. And by mental I mean >> either consciousness or existing only as an aspect of consciousness. >> For example, there is my conscious experience of a dream, and then >> there are the things that appear in my dreams that I am conscious >> of...houses and chairs and trees and people. Both categories of >> things are mental. The trees that appear in my dreams only exist as >> an aspect of the dream. >> >> And by "accidentalism" I mean the theory that nothing that exists or >> occurs is caused. There is nothing that connects or controls the flow >> of events. The only rule is that there are no rules to appeal to. >> >> So "idealist accidentalism"...the view that what exists is mental, and >> that there is no underlying process that explains or governs this >> existence. >> > > If idealist accidentalism is correct then there is no theory at all. > But idealist accidentalism is a theory (even if vague) > So there is no theory, and there is one theory. > So 0 = 1. > Contradiction. > So idealist accidentalism is refuted. >
I'm sorry bruno... but that is sophism... Regards, Quentin > > You may save it by insisting that idealist accidentalism is not a theory. > It would be a mere philosophical injunction of the type "dont' ask, don't > search". > > hmm... > > > Bruno > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ <http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/%7Emarchal/> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<everything-list%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
