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Old 11-24-2005, 12:09 PM
chezlaw chezlaw is offline
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Default Re: On Hume and order in nature

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You seem to have made a leap from the descartian 'I think therfore I am' to 'I think therefore an ordered universe exists'


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No, because "I think, therefore I am" isn't an axiom. "I think" is an axiom. "The Universe is ordered" is also an axiom. Look around you. It's obvious.

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ah! the argument from obviousness.

Its obviously true therefore it must be true. Some people think its obvious there's a god therefore ...

chez
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