If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for… - J. L. Mackie
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for…
- J. L. Mackie
The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god. - J. L. Mackie
The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance. - J. L. Mackie
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance.
There are no objective values. - J. L. Mackie
There are no objective values.
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: … - J. L. Mackie
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: …
God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two… - J. L. Mackie
God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two…
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