[MD] The SOM/MOQ discrepancy.

Ham Priday hampday1 at verizon.net
Thu Dec 11 14:28:26 PST 2008


Hi Craig --


[Ham]:
> All logicial propositions are based on the relational
> system we call existence.

[Craig]:
> Isn't this the role of EMPIRICAL propositions?

Except for A = A, all propositions depend on relational premises.
Can you come up with one that doesn't?

[Craig]:
> Wouldn't it be great if the same theory that explains how
> species of one-celled animals evolve to species with
> consciousness, also explained how a human one-celled
> zygote grows to a conscious individual?

It might be "wonderful" for scientists and geneticists who explain the 
process in terms of biological evolution.  But that's "cause-and-effect" 
process, the experiential worldview of empiricism, not philosophy.

--Ham





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