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Faith can neither be proved nor disproved

Original Quora question: Can someone refute Aquinas's arguments, especially his argument of necessity or contingency? - Brian Kenner If one accepts the linked definition of reason: here on LearningFramework or here on Quora, then … It is NOT possible to, as absolutely true, (#1) disprove St Thomas Aquinas’ arguments. However, it is...

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Marxism is the politics of the irrational

Why do several people say that Marx was an idiot or inept? I don’t think either Marx or Engels were idiots. They were irrational. Marx and Engels could not reason. Irrational people choose solutions for emotional reasons, not because the solution survives scientific method testing and thus...

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Philosophical epistemology is irrelevant

How is epistemology applicable today? To philosophers? I don’t know. To me? It is not. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues. Wikipedia Epistemology is required because philosophers had difficulty establishing the truth of things. To know, i.e., to have knowledge, means...

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