Tuesday, February 18, 2025

An example of a value-driven epistemological approach to metaphysics

  1. Everything that exists is intrinsically valuable.

  2. Shadows and holes are not intrinsically values.

  3. So, neither shadows nor holes exist.

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4 comments:

  1. SMatthewStolteFebruary 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM

    Naturally, I accept this argument. But why is this an epistemological approach, as it says in the title? I don’t see any reference to knowledge.

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  2. IanSFebruary 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM

    Re (2): Laozi says (ch 11), "Cast clay into a pot; the emptiness inside makes it useful."

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  3. Marius BlomlieFebruary 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM

    1. Anything that only exists as an idea can not causally interact with the world.
    2. Shadows and holes can causally interact with the world (e.g. sundials, effect on temperature, center of mass and curvature of spacetime).
    3. So, shadows and holes do not exist as ideas only.

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  4. JVHFebruary 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM

    1. Everything that exists is intrinsically valuable.
    2. Shadows and holes exist.
    3. So, shadows and holes are intrinsically valuable.

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