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> many philosophers find it intriguing Citation needed. Other (great) philosophers discussing it are very clearly linked in the article. Spaghetti/teapot stu
by mellosouls 3y ago
> many philosophers find it intriguing
Citation needed.
Other (great) philosophers discussing it are very clearly linked in the article.
Spaghetti/teapot stuff
Considering the tradition of genuinely great minds taking the argument seriously (including Russell in spite of his facetious teapot), dismissals derived from internet atheist memes look emotional or knee-jerk in comparison, which is possibly why you missed the links.
- wzdd 3y agoIt's unsurprising that "genuinely great minds" raised in a religious tradition would try to apply the tools of their trade to justify what would otherwise surely appear to them to be a very strange and illogical set of beliefs, but that doesn't mean that "many philosophers find it intriguing", and certainly not currently. Russell's ultimate view of it, as I'm sure you know, was to summarise it as "cases of bad grammar", which is also how it appears to this (I happily admit) non-genuinely-great mind: all it is demonstrating is that English is not a formal language.