tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post2293319002839296163..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: The Atheist's Lament, Part 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-74512590373827767292010-09-04T11:16:38.621-05:002010-09-04T11:16:38.621-05:00We appear to be able to conceive of that which gre...We appear to be able to conceive of that which greater than cannot be conceived because we have the conception of God in our minds.<br /><br />An interesting follow-up to Cantor's theory of infinite sets.<br /><br />One of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Kurt Godel, used modal logic to demonstrate that Anselm's proof is valid. A lot of people don't know that.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-42417940509549743492010-09-04T11:13:39.194-05:002010-09-04T11:13:39.194-05:00Your opening reminds me of the course I just took ...Your opening reminds me of the course I just took at the University of Sacramento (a small LC college presided over by Father Robert Presutti) Faith, Physics and Philosophy; the opposing ends of the spectrum wherein lie Fideism and Scientism. <br /><br />Observing something must be done by someone, which is therefore biased by the "nature" of the thing doing the observation. No observation will ever be truly unbiased in the strict sense. We will observe things in accordance with our nature.<br /><br />You make a good point about who is doing the observing and that, after that, everyone else has to take it on faith that it happened. I think the reality is, without faith, even in the scientific community, we would regress to solipsism.<br /><br />To your first point: our observation is finite but can we conceive of the infinite? Can we conceive of that which greater cannot be conceived? Or can we only conclude that, by necessity, that which greater cannot be conceived must exist, but we cannot conceive of such?Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253693517300140280noreply@blogger.com