So do you think there is some merit in Kauffman's conclusions? Do you think it is possible to reason about "the Void"? Or meaningful? Or useful?
In the article, Kauffman seems to telegraph right at the beginning that everything that will follow is an exercise in deception, thanks to the old Taoistic chestnut that "the Void, when named, is not the Void." And yet, formal reasoning seems to lead us to some kind of meaningful conclusions about it regardless. On Friday, May 16, 2014 12:53:38 AM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 5/15/2014 9:30 PM, freqflyer07281972 wrote: > > I don't get it. Please explain? > > Are you making a joke, something on the order of "both of these guys are > spouting such metaphysical hogwash that the debate between them would be an > even bigger yawnfest than their articles in particular"? > > > It was a tongue in cheek remark. I wouldn't say Kauffmann is spouting > hogwash, though Craig certainly does. But there's a symmetry of style. > Both draw deep conclusions from just words...but not compatible conclusions. > > Brent > > Or is it some specific aspect of what each of them profess to believe? I > know that Craig is a theologian who argues in favor of the Kalam > cosmological argument for god's existence. I submitted the link to the > Kauffman article just because it seemed to be talking about a lot of the > stuff that is frequently discussed here, but doesn't appear to grind any > particular theological axe. So I don't really see the connection you are > making (or the irony/humor/sarcasm you might/might not have intended). > > >> >> I can hardly wait to hear the Kauffman vs William Lane Craig debate. >> >> Brent >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
