Theists: should belief scale with the evidence?

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Re: Theists: should belief scale with the evidence?

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MrStakhanovite wrote:(P1) It is the case that Blixa is wise or that Blixa is not wise. [ ~ (W v ~W) ]
P1 is both an axiom & a brute fact in this case (not that they mean the same thing). As an axiom it is patently and universally true. It's falsity could not be imagined in this universe. As brute fact, is the last Kolob beyond all Kolobs (OK, maybe that's not the best example).

P1 is a metaphysical necessity but not to be confused with with a physical necessity.

MrStakhanovite wrote:(P2) It is the case that Blixa is wise. [ W ]
And so much more.

MrStakhanovite wrote:(P3) It is the case that Blixa is both wise and not wise. [ W & ~W ]
Not in this universe.


We're in the Analitics verision of Sophie's World. But don't you flip on me Stak.

What's next?
"And the human knew the source of life, the woman of him, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, 'I have procreated a man with Yahweh.'" Gen. 4:1, interior quote translated by D. Bokovoy.
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