Friday, January 15, 2016

Invalidity of the Smitmtktr argument

Scientific-method-is-the-only-method-to-know-the-reality(smitmtktr) argument asserts that the whole of human experience and reality can come under the purview of the scientific method.  However, this is not the case. this is not the case. Morality, which exists, is not provable by the scientific method. The scientific method cannot tell us why morality exists or what is the cause of morality. Hence, realities do exist that are not amenable to testing by the scientific method. The scientific method covers only the material realities nd not the non-material ones , like morality. The smitmtktr argument is a consequence of materialism, reductionism and scientific naturalism,  all of which are faulty notions. Human experience consists of

  • Material experience(The Scientific method and others)
  • Non-material experience: These are the things experienced by humans but not proven by the scientific method. Morality, consciousness, love, hate, emotion, anger and humanity and all other emotions all fall under non-material experience or non-material reality. no doubt hormones play a role in these emotions but the Question 'who is the perceiver' cannot be answered by materialism. The perceiver has to be non-material. in other words, it has to be the soul.  Hence, it is clear that materialism is not a complete perception of the reality. 

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