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Article #396Re: John Searle
From: Antoni Diller
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:06
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:06
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In article <Dec10.224156.78264@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> peterson@CS.ColoState.EDU (james peterson) writes: >In article <Bz26Fy.ICq@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> csa33@keele.ac.uk (H.S. Nwana) writes: >> >>Isn't it the case that it just comes down to what we "believe"? We can always >>come up with arguments to support our belief and others will rubbish it. >>Some believe in God, others do not. > Just because we can come up with arguments to support our beliefs after we have decided what we want to believe does not entail that we should do this or that it is a good thing to do. If you want to be rational, then you should actually try to avoid doing this and start taking arguments seriously and accept the results of your reasoning even if you find them uncongenial. Antoni Diller
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!news.cs.bham.ac.uk!ard From: ard@cs.bham.ac.uk (Antoni Diller) Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Subject: Re: John Searle Message-ID: <BzEvEo.1Ly@cs.bham.ac.uk> Date: 17 Dec 92 16:06:24 GMT References: <767@capmkt.COM> <Bz26Fy.ICq@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> <Dec10.224156.78264@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Sender: news@cs.bham.ac.uk Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: fattie