Evolution, Science & Religion (Evolution)

by dhw, Sunday, June 17, 2012, 22:53 (4330 days ago) @ romansh

TONY: "there must be overlap and agreement. There must be unity between the various schools of thought, or, by definition, one of them is wrong."-ROMANSH: I would phrase it slightly differently. If the various schools of thought don't point in the same direction then one, the other or both are inaccurate. Even if they both point in the same direction both could be inaccurate.
Having said that if we can't use reason (fallible as it is) to adjudicate the degree of accuracy of different world views, then we have taken a step away from agnosticism to the very bowels of solipsism.-I'm sure sensible folk like us would agree that reason sets limits on what we ourselves consider credible, but none of us can adjudicate the accuracy of different world views, unless God himself (if he exists) pops in to tell us. We do not have an objective yardstick! But I don't see why this is a step away from agnosticism towards solipsism. We've had this conversation before. So long as there is a consensus among us, we can ignore the absolute scepticism of the solipsists and carry on in what we agree to be a real world. You can't have a world view unless you accept that there is a world to view!