[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Mon Jun 13 19:07:03 PDT 2005


On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, ravi wrote:


> a tangential thought: is the god hypothesis (which i do not subscribe
> to, btw) any sillier than a "lawful universe" hypothesis? because there
> is some (though not sufficient) "proof" for the latter?
>
> --ravi

A pragmatic argument: look what we've been able to accomplish with this "lawful universe" hypothesis! Perhaps you could buy Nietzsche's argument that it's a useful fiction?

Miles



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