Hi Mark and All,
"The Intellectual and the logical is ultimately based on faith." I guess
Metaphysics is faith based? Am I sentient (free will) and not just
logically determined if I ignore logic? Different functions!
You are confusing. I accept the individuality I possess from my Mom and
Dad. Is my individuality faith based?
Evolution and Faith have a past history! I prefer logic for the study of
evolution. Faith is a separate discipline for making decisions beyond the
purview of logic. Is the perception of evolution faith-based?
Consciousness like in decision-making is indefinable and complicated. Are
you proposing that freewill is faith based and not a separate function from
intellectual perception? I accept Faith in an intellectual standoff when a
necessary decision is barred by not resolving contradictions. Faith and
reason are not coextensive. Faith stands apart from reason. Different
origins. Free-will decisions are not faith based by necessity. Logic fits
in there somewhere. I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm thirsty,
and if whiskey don't kill me I'll live til I die.
Joe
On 11/6/11 1:32 PM, "118" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The reason I
> bring this up is to propose that the intellectual is based on the
> emotional (as you use it). I would not go so far as to say that such
> hierarchy is at all the same as the DQ/sq split, which may be a
> disagreement between us. The intellectual and the logical is
> ultimately based on faith. If we reduce any logical argument to the
> components (and sub-components) which make it up, we have to rely on
> faith in terms of the premises. This brings in the "emotional" as you
> use it. That we thing something is right or makes sense is based on
> how we feel about it. We then use the intellect and logic to justify
> that feeling in hindsight. For example, avoiding death and suffering
> is Good. To justify that feeling, we have to resort to intellectual
> theories such as Evolution and survival. However, avoiding death and
> suffering is much more substantive than that.
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