If something makes sense doesthat mean you should believe it

asdfjkl · **#101** by **asdfjkl** » Jan 01, 2012 1:21 am

ok i need replies so im gonna bump

asdfjkl · **#102** by **asdfjkl** » Jan 01, 2012 1:21 am

How do we know inductive reasoning works?

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Ihavenofingerprints · **#104** by **Ihavenofingerprints** » Jan 01, 2012 4:00 am

asdfjkl wrote:The more I think about it, the more it seems something has to be self-evident to be true.
I know it makes sense that there are things that can be inferred about which are not self-evident but it makes sense within the mind only.
How do you know for certain that what makes sense in your mind actually makes sense in reality?
Can anything be believed outside of what is 100% certain?

We can't know anything with 100% certainty for many reasons. Hence why your question is pretty much meaningless.

I don't understand why you are here. What do you want?

Ihavenofingerprints · **#105** by **Ihavenofingerprints** » Jan 01, 2012 4:01 am

asdfjkl wrote:How do we know inductive reasoning works?

Look, if logic didn't work you wouldn't understand this reply. It's simple.

asdfjkl · **#106** by **asdfjkl** » Jan 01, 2012 4:12 am

We can know what is self evident with certainty (I think).
How can we know anything else?
It makes sense that solipsism is probably false but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense?

THWOTH · **#107** by **THWOTH** » Jan 01, 2012 4:24 am

You are confusing psychological certainty with actual-factuality.

Ihavenofingerprints · **#108** by **Ihavenofingerprints** » Jan 01, 2012 4:43 am

asdfjkl wrote:We can know what is self evident with certainty (I think).

We aren't 100% certain about anything. There is always a possibility that you are wrong. We can be pretty certain about self evident truths, and we rank them highest in terms of knowledge.

How can we know anything else?

We aren't 100% sure of self evident truths, so if you assume they are true, there is nothing stopping you from assuming facts derived from other reliable methods are true.

I'm pretty sure if you had payed attention to other posts in this thread you would understand this by now.

It makes sense that solipsism is probably false but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense?

Seriously mate, you may as well say:

"It makes sense that the universe wasn't created last Thursday, but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense"
"It makes sense that the universe wasn't created last Wednesday, but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense"
"It makes sense that the universe wasn't created last Tuesday, but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense"
"It makes sense that the universe wasn't created last Monday, but should it correlate to reality simply because it makes sense"

ect...

See where this logic gets us?

Read this post and let us know what you learn from it: http://www.rationalskepticism.org/post1 ... l#p1133790

the PC apeman · **#109** by **the PC apeman** » Jan 01, 2012 1:50 pm

asdfjkl wrote:ok i need replies so im gonna bump

My question to you answers your questions. Why don't you answer it? You want answers? Answer questions put to you too.

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