Monday, October 31, 2011

Philosophy #3

Non-Naturalism does a poor job in their attempts to explain truth, reality and knowledge. Non- Naturalism is just the opposite of naturalism. While Naturalism believes only in the physical world, Non-Naturalism believes only in only the virtual world. They believe that there is no such thing as the physical world. This belief only thinks that the brain, thoughts and logic exist. They believe that if you look inside yourself you can find the truth. So that means that we are ultimately God-like. In the video it says, “Pure conciseness is the only reality. Physical world is virtual reality.” They claim that they know nothing about reality. Then how do they know that their worldview is real? A Non-Naturalist believes that everything we tough, see, taste, smell, and hear is only electrical signals to our brain. They think that the world we live in now or the world we think we live in is all just an illusion. One could then ask the question if it is all just an illusion why not commit suicide? Their answer to this would be something along the lines of well if that is true for you then great. This means they don’t believe in an absolute truth. So how does a community of Non-Naturalist function? If someone says that this is true for him or they cant say that the other person is wrong because there is no absolute truth. There society would be full of confusion. They are confused because their worldview does not make any sense. It is very hard to live in a physical world and not believe it. This creates many problems for them. Basically Non-Naturalism is a false sense of security. If there is no total truth then how do they even attempt to explain math or any facts about life? They cannot answer these questions and this is where there belief breaks down. 

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