Re: Faith and Science (was comm.)

Posted by Miles Parker on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-comm-was-Re-FW-Re-Emergence-Seminar-BritishEmergence-tp3654051p3667604.html

On Sep 17, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

But it seems to me that every attack on realism I ever read presumes a
reality, including those I have been reading here.

Even mine? ;(

As Holt points out, you have to start somewhere and the simplest least
contorted beginning is to assume realism.  

I'm not sure I understand -- why not simply start from experience and awareness?

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