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Value to who we are - A premise of Seeing argument.

Alien826

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p1 If there is not tomato sauce there is no perfect pizza.
p2 If there is no perfect pizza there is no exceptional dinner
p3 There is an exceptional dinner (assertion)
Therefore God exists. (modus tollens with transitional rule to p2 and p1)

p1: Not TS -> Not PP
p2: Not PP -> Not ED
p3: ED

Therefore: bon appetit!

Are you saying that the FSM sometimes manifests as pizza? I like that idea as I consider all good food to be heavenly! ;)
 

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No. I mean whether a conclusion from a set of priors is true on not must be based on whether the prior premises are true or not. The conclusion cannot be analysed First. We must analyse the arguments that lead to it.
I agree, but again, the thread to discuss validity of the argument, I linked you to it.

This thread is particularly looking at premise 3 (the bolded one).
 

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Anyways. I am debating your assertion in p3 that there exists an exact value of who we are by my relational multivalent view of value.
Okay, I will assess it and reply. But on a short outlook without going to much details, I can say multivalent view of value doesn't mean there is no exact concrete form of it as well. Of course, there is relations with value that are of different form between brother and sister, mother and son, etc, but that it's a different subjective.
 

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This might help, from another thread I wrote this:

There are these four components to love:

Valuing
Attachment
Relationship
Emotion

They all morph depending on the object and how those four apply.

This thread (new) comment: @sayak83, do you agree with the above or not?
 

sayak83

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Okay, I will assess it and reply. But on a short outlook without going to much details, I can say multivalent view of value doesn't mean there is no exact concrete form of it as well. Of course, there is relations with value that are of different form between brother and sister, mother and son, etc, but that it's a different subjective.
I am saying that those are the only kinds of values we experience and there is no reason to believe values are anything other than relational and multivalent.
 

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I am saying that those are the only kinds of values we experience and there is no reason to believe values are anything other than relational and multivalent.
Okay, before I reply, can you reply to the post above this post of yours?
 

danieldemol

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Okay, I will assess it and reply. But on a short outlook without going to much details, I can say multivalent view of value doesn't mean there is no exact concrete form of it as well. Of course, there is relations with value that are of different form between brother and sister, mother and son, etc, but that it's a different subjective.
I think you have to go a step further than (paraphrasing) *subjective values don't disprove objective value*, I think you have to either prove objective value for p3 to be valid or at the very least provide evidence of its *probability* (as opposed to it's possibility).
 

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I think you have to go a step further than (paraphrasing) *subjective values don't disprove objective value*, I think you have to either prove objective value for p3 to be valid or at the very least provide evidence of its *probability* (as opposed to it's possibility).
I've presented proof for value in the first post. If his post doesn't negate it, then I don't need to restate my proofs.
 

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It seems as if this is a different logical argument than the one in that other thread. maybe it's the same conclusion, but if it takes a different path to get there, it's a different argument.
That is correct, in this thread, I'm trying to prove V. Not the argument in the other thread.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

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p1 If God does not exist, there doesn't exist a perception to who we exactly are (since he alone can judge perfectly to value).
Let's begin very simply, with your very first premise. I would like you to note that in your parentheses "(since he alone can judge)" you assume the conditional of your first phrase ("If God does not exist). In logic, if you are going to assume your premises, you can "prove" anything at all, though almost all of it will necessarily be wrong.
 

sayak83

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This might help, from another thread I wrote this:

There are these four components to love:

Valuing
Attachment
Relationship
Emotion

They all morph depending on the object and how those four apply.

This thread (new) comment: @sayak83, do you agree with the above or not?
Not sure. I have not analysed love in that way. Caring for the happiness/sadness of the one you love and looking after their interests is an important part.
 

dybmh

ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
The wise understand these as fetters. We should just fulfill our duties ('dharma') without getting embroiled in emotions. That is what Gita tells me.

...which makes unbroken dharma transmission essential. what is one to do if/when it is broken?
 

dybmh

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That is correct, in this thread, I'm trying to prove V. Not the argument in the other thread.

then this argument could be circular, referring to the other thread doesn't help.
 
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