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What I Believe by Bertrand Russell6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Humanity is the product of causes that had no prevision of his appearing. The famous British philosopher and atheist Bertrand Russell has done so, in his 1907 essay " A Free Man's Worship." I think Russell has done an admirable and logical job i.e., were I an atheist I would believe the following four things.ġ. What, then, are the beliefs of atheism? Some (but not all) atheists have come forth with them. In logic there is no such thing as "true for me, but false for you." That's called the "subjectivist fallacy," and to commit it is to be irrational. If it is true it is true for everyone if it is false it is false for everyone. A proposition, or statement, is a sentence that is either true or false. ![]() That's the philosophic-logical understanding of propositions, or statements. To say that everyone has a "worldview" is to say that everyone has a set of beliefs that they hold as "true." "True" here means: true for everyone. ![]() Atheism is a worldview, with its own narrative.Įveryone has a worldview. Tomorrow, in my MCCC Philosophy of Religion classes, I will introduce my students to the logic of atheism. ![]()
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