PHIL 4303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wishful Thinking, Agnosticism
11 Apr 2016
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Inquiry: search (truth, question and investigation into an answer. Is an agnostic: agnostics refrain from judgment on god"s existence while atheists believe that god does not exist and theists believe god does exist. Russell"s essay rests on the division or dichotomy in his title. What are dreams and what are facts for russell: dreams: Something like a well-supported claim about the world based on evidence. Things that have been established (by science, continuous with certain parts of human perception for russell) Piece is about naturalism (vs. supernaturalism) and disenchantment. Naturalism is the view that everything that is, is natural. Disenchantment the result, now we know that the world is just a bunch of stars, physics, and underneath it all, that"s all there is. Sagan vs. dillard: dillard calls on us to use feelings of insignificance to liberate us from cultural oppressions, dillard, basically, says feelings and realization of insignificance are okay.
