Does burden of proof apply to philosophy? Why or why not?
>>8200618
google is your friend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic_burden_of_proof
>>8200730
This doesn't really answer my question. I was more surprised by the fact that this board seems to be totally accepting of religion on a philosophical level, despite it being an unprovable negative.
>>8200750
why didn't you specify more on the first post OP?
stop being lazy and explain yourself better - then maybe someone will reply
>>8200776
I initially didn't want to seem disrespectful to the religious, but you're right and I will try to make my posts more in-depth in the future. I'm new here and to reading so I'm not that good at posting yet and I apologize.
>>8200750
read Feser
>>8200810
Thanks! I'll add him to the stack
If you're arguing for some conclusion P, it should always follow from, and be backed up by, a (nonempty) set of premises, all of which should be true (unless it is a tautology). If you're an academic then it is your job to interact and contribute to the on-going dialectic that goes back to the Pre-Socratics. Present a radical new view about something, or negate some other guy's view. You got some uber-cool intuition about something (it should state, unambiguously, that something is the case)? Flesh it out, work it into an argument, and publish it. But if the view that you happen to hold and argue for falls into some class of family-related views that are in the minority, the burden of proof does increase and it is up to you to figure out how to convince the opposing majority and why anybody should pay any attention to you and your heterodox view.
>>8200750
religion is not an unprovable negative. i assume you are a fedora. a religion like christianity is based on certain premises like 1 there existed a man named jesus 2 he fulfilled the old testament prophecies 3 he made new prophecies (such as the destruction of the temple) and these came true
>>8200849
hiya Dr. Craig
>>8200750
read aquinas
I think there's only the burden of a good fucking argument, and the burden of how well that argument aligns with what your view is currently and how you want it to be.
