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#epistemic-circularity
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Alston’s parity argument fails because rival mystical practices contradict each other
I want to defend a fairly standard objection, but as a physicist I want to state it carefully, because I think the usual version undersells Alston. Alston's move in Perceiving God (1991) is clever. We cannot justify trusting sense perception without relying…
Started by Lars Eriksen5 replies247 views -
The Cartesian circle: can clear and distinct perception vouch for itself?
Every year at the seminary in Enugu I teach Descartes' Meditations to young men who arrive expecting an enemy of faith and leave rather fond of him. And every year, around the Third Meditation, a sharp student raises the objection that Antoine…
Started by Fr. Ikechukwu Anyanwu5 replies246 views