2009/8/24 Pat <[email protected]> > > So, let me get this straight. You have a philosophy that, in > philosophy, absolute truths are impossible. How do you get past the > dichotomy of having such a contradictory absoloute truth in your > philosophy? Alternatively, if you back off from the statement and say > that your statement above is only a relative truth, it, then, > logically allows for absolute truths to exist and {that they could} be > duly ignored by you. Tricky stuff, Ian. Personally, I don't think > you've stated your whole case, here.
Tricky stuff, indeed. I think you're trying force my statement to be intramurally philosophical, though. I'd say it was an external observation, and thus there's no dichotomy. > > The quote is good, but one wonders if Voltaire was certain about > the statement or if he had doubts. As I said, elseswhere, here. I > think that "Energy Exists" is as close to an absolute truth as we can > get. All phenomena are dependent upon the truth of that statement. > And who has ANY evidence to the contrary? That kind of logical reductionism quickly becomes absurd and unhelpful. Why stop at energy? Surely "existence" is due for some nugatory reductionism of its own? :) Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
