tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post115219939512847142..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Saving the phenomenaRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1152241707228077032006-07-06T23:08:00.000-04:002006-07-06T23:08:00.000-04:00Thanks Steve I can see I'm going to have to convin...Thanks Steve I can see I'm going to have to convince the wife to increase the book allowance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1152220932934753022006-07-06T17:22:00.000-04:002006-07-06T17:22:00.000-04:00Steve, interesting post. I am a longtime lurker, t...Steve, interesting post. I am a longtime lurker, this is my first comment. Thanks for the great work you and the other T'bloggers do, this is a daily stop for me in my continuing thirst for knowledge.<BR/><BR/>It seems as if the antirealist position is somewhat influenced by Hume-like skepticism? My position more closely reflects the thoughts of Thomas Reid, who said "I resolve to take my own existence and the existence of other things upon trust". The trust Reid speaks of is not based on his own reasoning or sensory experience, but is based on his faith in God:"...that God intended that a great and necessary part of our knowledge should be derived from experience". How does that agree or disagree with the antirealist position?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com