Comments on: Epistemology in a teacup http://aldenswan.com/2008/12/epistemology-in-a-teacup/ free speech, critical thinking, and really good coffee Wed, 16 May 2012 01:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: me http://aldenswan.com/2008/12/epistemology-in-a-teacup/comment-page-1/#comment-925 me Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:14:34 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=466#comment-925 Thanks Brent, for proving my point. Your conclusions are only logical, and only possible, if you presuppose your epistemology - which, by the way, you can not prove. Thanks Brent, for proving my point. Your conclusions are only logical, and only possible, if you presuppose your epistemology – which, by the way, you can not prove.

]]> By: Brent Rasmussen http://aldenswan.com/2008/12/epistemology-in-a-teacup/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Brent Rasmussen Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:24:13 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=466#comment-924 <blockquote><em>For the non-materialists, <strike>it is fairly obvious</strike> <strong>they imagine</strong> that the teacup is not hovering in space, but is resting on a coffee table, and also sits on a saucer. They, in fact, <strong>pretend that they</strong> do not stay within the teacup, but move back and forth between the teacup and the saucer. <strike>It is quite obvious to them</strike> <strong>They like to claim on the strength of their imaginary magical adventures</strong> that the materialists are at the very least, myopic.</em></blockquote> There. Fixed that for you.

For the non-materialists, it is fairly obvious they imagine that the teacup is not hovering in space, but is resting on a coffee table, and also sits on a saucer. They, in fact, pretend that they do not stay within the teacup, but move back and forth between the teacup and the saucer. It is quite obvious to them They like to claim on the strength of their imaginary magical adventures that the materialists are at the very least, myopic.

There. Fixed that for you.

]]> By: aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » The Inane Atheists http://aldenswan.com/2008/12/epistemology-in-a-teacup/comment-page-1/#comment-923 aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » The Inane Atheists Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=466#comment-923 [...] atheists, it is that they are moderns (as are we all in the West).  As I’ve set forth in my Teacup Analogy, their arguments (for example, lately I’ve read a ridiculous series of posts trying to apply [...] [...] atheists, it is that they are moderns (as are we all in the West).  As I’ve set forth in my Teacup Analogy, their arguments (for example, lately I’ve read a ridiculous series of posts trying to apply [...]

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