2010/9/2 Rex Allen <[email protected]> > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Euh.. > > > > I'm sorry but where did I state my belief in the preceeding message ? > Where > > did I spoke about physicalism ? > > > > I spoke about "idealist accidentalism" in answer to Bruno who said > wrongly > > it's been refuted when it's not because well... read the preceeding > message. > > I did read your preceeding message. And what I got out of it is that > if you consistently apply your evaluative criteria, you should > conclude that physicalism, platonism, deism, theism, arithmetical > realism and all other metaphysical theories that reduce conscious > experience to some sort of underlying rule-governed framework are > irrefutable and thus valueless. >
You're the one saying that. The problem with "idealist accidentalism" (like with sollipsism) is that you can change at will to adapt to the fact. It's not the case with the others (but is the case with theism/deism/magic/bisounours world/etc). Quentin > > But what are alternatives to rule-governed metaphysical frameworks? > > Accidentalism, and...what else? Refraining from metaphysical > speculation altogether? > > Rex > > -- > 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.
