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| Stephen Hawking |
In the
previous article I mentioned that advocates of materialistic scientism often
fall in logical fallacies, but usually do not notice, probably because their
knowledge of philosophy is not deep enough. Moreover, they often despise
philosophy, not realizing that logic (which is a part of philosophy) aims to
analyze the way we think, and that, without logic, science loses its supporting
base. So, Stephen Hawking wrote at the beginning of his book, The Grand
Design:
Philosophy is dead ...
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for
knowledge.
And starting
there, he proceeds to make philosophy in a popular science book.
In my
discussions with supporters of materialistic scientism, I’ve often had to tell my
opponents that they are committing a logical fallacy. Generally they are
reluctant to admit it, but when I explain it in detail, they finally do (I
guess, because usually the discussion ends there). By this I do not mean to
imply that I never fall in logical fallacies, because we are all human, but at
least so far, no one has shown me any. Of course, it is possible that I have
fallen in them and the person who was debating with me did not notice.
