Not trying to answer your questions, sorry. Just wanted to mention that different philosophical camps pattern-match to different denominations of the same religion. They keep arguing without any hope of agreeing. Occasionally some denominations prevail and others die out, or get reborn when a new convincing guru or a prophet shows up. If you have a strong affinity for theism, err, mainstream philosophy, just pick whichever denomination you feel like, or whichever gives you the best chance of advancement. If you care about that real world thing, consider deconversion.
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an Evil Demon could theoretically fool my reason into thinking that it had reasoned correctly when it hadn’t
Theoretically??? Human mind is full of these, they are called cognitive biases.
Firstly, Elizier is amongst other things a philosopher. Secondly, he does argue with others using arguments that are not purely empirical. If you’re not a follower of his this is no criticism, but if you accept this argument you must reject philosophy.
Secondly, that there are several warring camps with no agreement does not imply none of them are right. It probably means that some people are being overly stubborn, but not that none are correct. In religion, the Athiests (who have taken a side in many religious debates) are right as it happens. There is a real problem with philosophy and rationality, but you don’t have the solution.
The Evil Demon argument is the extreme case which fools people about EVERYTHING. My apologies if that was unclear.
Not trying to answer your questions, sorry. Just wanted to mention that different philosophical camps pattern-match to different denominations of the same religion. They keep arguing without any hope of agreeing. Occasionally some denominations prevail and others die out, or get reborn when a new convincing guru or a prophet shows up. If you have a strong affinity for theism, err, mainstream philosophy, just pick whichever denomination you feel like, or whichever gives you the best chance of advancement. If you care about that real world thing, consider deconversion.
P.S.
Theoretically??? Human mind is full of these, they are called cognitive biases.
Firstly, Elizier is amongst other things a philosopher. Secondly, he does argue with others using arguments that are not purely empirical. If you’re not a follower of his this is no criticism, but if you accept this argument you must reject philosophy.
Secondly, that there are several warring camps with no agreement does not imply none of them are right. It probably means that some people are being overly stubborn, but not that none are correct. In religion, the Athiests (who have taken a side in many religious debates) are right as it happens. There is a real problem with philosophy and rationality, but you don’t have the solution.
The Evil Demon argument is the extreme case which fools people about EVERYTHING. My apologies if that was unclear.