The only certainty that we have is that experience exists. Therefore we cannot prove the existence of any being at all. This means that there is a gap in all ontological arguments. — bahman
The only certainty that we have is that experience exists. — bahman
The only certainty that we have is that experience exists.
— bahman
Are you certain of that?
If your answer is yes, then that makes two certainties. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
1) What do you say that an ontological argument is? What do you say ontological means? — tim wood
2) What, exactly, does "certainty" mean in your usage? I ask because experience is of something: if the experience is certain, isn't that which is experienced also certain? Are there differing senses of the word "certain" wherein some certain things are less certain than others? — tim wood
Are you certain of that? — WISDOMfromPO-MO
If your answer is yes, then that makes two certainties. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
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