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Descartes based his entire concept of the existence of truth on the fact God exists and doesn't hate him. I don't think we have any good arguments for the exist
by blamestross 6y ago
Descartes based his entire concept of the existence of truth on the fact God exists and doesn't hate him. I don't think we have any good arguments for the existence of truth or even consensus reality beyond simple pragmatic acceptance of it as an assumption without evidence.
- onethought 6y agoNot quite true. He used it as proof of gods existence. But his logical premise holds, and has yet to be countered in any meaningful way. Our awareness of our existence proves our existence.
- blamestross 6y agoSure but I wasn't questioning my existence. Only yours and everybody and everything else's. Descartes still would need to believe in God in order to believe in you. It doesn't seem like a particularly good argument.
- onethought 6y agoI was only saying it is a truth. It's a small truth. But truth non-the-less.