The idea of "mystery" as it's being used isn't really found in philosophy. I remember hearing it every time I asked one too many questions in a religious setting. It's a tactic to baffle the inquiry. If you simply replace "mystery" with "we made this up and know it doesn't make sense", it works about the same.Having spoken of philosophical mysteries on a previous thread, I think that the idea of mystery in philosophy is considered open to criticism. — Jack Cummins
That was life giving you a small reality check. As with most of us who are creatures of habit and settled expectation, reality can be a considerable shock. As with many - most - things, it is best faced head on, except for those occasions when running away is best, and running away is possible.When I lost my keys a few days ago — Jack Cummins
but I do see it as being interconnected with the question of any underlying power beyond us, — Jack Cummins
The question may be why does one thing happen rather than anything else. — Jack Cummins
Atheism can just be a way to shift from eternal , changeless verities to an attitude that is more fluid, creative and adaptive to change. In that way it wards off nihilism by embracing new values and meanings. In fact it can thrive on approaching a world that is overflowing with constantly changing value, rather than relying on one static truth. — Joshs
Atheism can just be a way to shift from eternal , changeless verities to an attitude that is more fluid, creative and adaptive to change. In that way it wards off nihilism by embracing new values and meanings. In fact it can thrive on approaching a world that is overflowing with constantly changing value, rather than relying on one static truth. — Joshs
I do believe that it does lead to the question of why anything exists at all, — Jack Cummins
This is fine except that theism is not at all necessarily "one static truth". — Janus
At first glance this would appear to defy entropy.Before anything can exist at all, information has to be integrated. So in this universe things exist as self organizing things that integrate information. All things posses a modicum of this facility, the more complex the thing is, the more developed is its information integrating ability. — Pop
At first glance this would appear to defy entropy. — Cheshire
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