Reply to Re: Are there any Objectivists out here?
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September 28th 2005, 04:30 PM
Lurkala
So, you are saying that you believe that your beliefs are well-founded? You believe that your belief corresponds to reality more than another belief? That's fine, that's good. That's all anyone can do, really.
However, please do allow a slight possibility that your belief in the reality of your beliefs may not be the final answer. Perhaps the original, base belief is flawed. Perhaps. Do you know owe it to objectivism itself to investigate whether that is so?
If you do not investigate whether the beliefs of objectivism have evidence that they are true, then your belief in it is not based on objectivity but on subjectivity.
Is reason the ONLY measure of what is real? What happens if you have an experience that reason cannot explain? Did the experience not happen, not exist? If so, then how is it that you experienced it? If there truly is no reasonable explanation, then is reason still the ONLY measure of what is real?
However, please do allow a slight possibility that your belief in the reality of your beliefs may not be the final answer. Perhaps the original, base belief is flawed. Perhaps. Do you know owe it to objectivism itself to investigate whether that is so?
If you do not investigate whether the beliefs of objectivism have evidence that they are true, then your belief in it is not based on objectivity but on subjectivity.
Is reason the ONLY measure of what is real? What happens if you have an experience that reason cannot explain? Did the experience not happen, not exist? If so, then how is it that you experienced it? If there truly is no reasonable explanation, then is reason still the ONLY measure of what is real?
