tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post7668585994980050580..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: "Smug Atheists" Should Read More SF Counsels io9 Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-59263141116733089502012-12-01T12:03:40.375-08:002012-12-01T12:03:40.375-08:00As a pragmatist, I would say that no account of th...As a pragmatist, I would say that no account of the universe should be taken as final, let alone total. To do so is to mistake what such accounts are good for. And as a pluralist, I regard reasonableness as not only a matter of believing where belief is warranted but also knowing which criteria of warrant are the ones relevant to the belief. Faithful claims that pretend to scientific warrant unreasonably (or fraudulently) might become perfectly reasonably warranted if they are understood instead as moral or aesthetic beliefs, say. I have written about this extensively, archived under the sidebar under the topic Pragmatism and Pluralism. <a href="http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2010/06/raised-vulcan-eyebrows-and-hopeless.html" rel="nofollow">This fancy</a>, also inspired by a Charlie Jane Anders post is one you might find more congenial.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-68456034137573560622012-11-30T23:56:18.157-08:002012-11-30T23:56:18.157-08:00William James also said:
"No account of the ...William James also said:<br /><br />"No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves those other forms of consciousness quite disregarded."<br /><br />And:<br /><br />"Everything in this universe is the smell of burnt almonds."<br /><br />May I recommend a good stiff drink, Dale...ayahuasca. Please do so, and post to your blog of your experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-15379415659402251902012-11-29T15:32:09.602-08:002012-11-29T15:32:09.602-08:00A continuous sense of wonder is usually only seen ...A continuous sense of wonder is usually only seen in very small children. Adults generally have some idea of what's going on in any common circumstance.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-17446331646474186712012-11-29T09:49:26.596-08:002012-11-29T09:49:26.596-08:00As to good stiff drink I reccomend a 4 shot gin co...As to good stiff drink I reccomend a 4 shot gin cocktail. Gin is a good solvent when you're dealing with uncomfortable realities.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1832944403010622502012-11-29T09:41:16.143-08:002012-11-29T09:41:16.143-08:00I've been taken plenty of time from creationis...I've been taken plenty of time from creationists giving me an earful for my heretical ways. I can't witnessing similar behavour in the other direction. <br /><br />What's really ruffling these feathers is that offence is being taken to is people holding they don't like and are willing to express it publicly.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-72691776324485084832012-11-29T08:41:07.665-08:002012-11-29T08:41:07.665-08:00> I find it appalling that faith-traditions are...> I find it appalling that faith-traditions are identified<br />> in this formulation with humility. . .<br /><br />A kind of "humility" in which I am encouraged to think<br />that the Creator of the Universe worries about what I do<br />with my wee-wee.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-44925562120742576822012-11-29T06:10:03.241-08:002012-11-29T06:10:03.241-08:00If you don't like t'internet, don't be...If you don't like t'internet, don't be on it. And as Science said to God re:Twitter, <i>"You didn't build this"</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-43902485087979811072012-11-28T18:15:51.570-08:002012-11-28T18:15:51.570-08:00Bits and pieces of this are as beautiful and good ...Bits and pieces of this are as beautiful and good as <br />anything I've ever read. (Granted, I'm not especially<br />well read.) In particular, I want<br /><br /><i>A purely subjective experience that one keeps to<br />oneself is at once "valid" but also immaterial in a way<br />that almost inevitably provokes it into public <br />testimony. And once I submit a claim as a candidate <br />for warranted belief -- say, in the service of <br />prediction and control -- it is subject to public <br />scrutiny on the terms such claims are warranted as <br />such.</i><br /><br />on a bumper sticker. And I don't even drive!Herr Hear-Hearnoreply@blogger.com