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Could analitic philosphy be used to discover what a perfect and good god or goddess would be like if they did exsist littieraly somewhere in space or conceptually in our minds detail by individual detail and aspect by individual aspect? that doesn't mean a single set of conceptions is right, multiple sets can still be thought of; how they would act, think, say and work perfectly, not contradictory conceptually, working within the rules of the universe (physics), and apliciple to any situation, some details about peoples beliefs can be put up for analitical philosophical arguement to refute or confirm some individual aspects(especially the ones that are causing series problems (a problem being defined analitically as well)), god as a conception to a non-beliver, actually exsisting in space to a littieral belivier of a spiritual being or beings to allow diologue between skeptics and belivers?

2006-08-18 07:53:39 · 2 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Sure, if you become the Deity

2006-08-18 08:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by neverteatea1953 2 · 0 0

It would be possible, it would seem, only in as much one could find a way to know the mind of the deity. At that point, the holisitic set of criteria--the premises that must be met, be necessary and sufficient--for calling the subject in question either good or bad would be known and readily applied to said subject.

The complications arise when trying to determine the contents of the perfect and good deity. By definition, any perfect and good deity would be omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly benevolent. That is to say, for it would have to be in possession of all things (premises) at all times. However, analytic philosophy has as one of its foundational, logical premises that the human mind is finite. The perfect/good deity would itself be infinite. Therefore the human mind cannot come to the "fully fleshed out conception" you seek.

In short the human mind cannot hold within itself a universe's worth of premises. That doesn't mean that you are set adrift in relativism, however; you could always try and determine an ethical system without appealing to a deity. Of course, that wasn't your question...

2006-08-21 08:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by rem4ever 2 · 0 0

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