| Challenge the Philosophy - Summary of Entries (359-366) |
Definitions of the principal terms used in the competition:
"We cannot know": our ability to refute or prove a proposition, within the limits of what we know,
by more reasonably contradicting our use of reason than not doing so. For further explanation, and explanation of "know", see "we cannot know" and "know".
In reply to the response to Entry 337, Raoul Starren argues based on the apparent incompleteness of human knowledge and the existence of antagonistic positions that there is no more reasonable position like Challenge Proposition 1, rather there is at best a stalemate or equal reasonableness, and therefore Proposition 1 and its claim of more reasonableness is invalid.
With reference to the “Time Space Continuum”, protomutant contends that atoms are only subject to change, and that they are an “Infinite and Eternal” part of the human body and universe, and therefore he concludes that he more reasonably completely know within the limits of what can be known that through his atomic makeup he is a part of the whole universe.
In dispute of the response to Entry 360 and with reference to Einstein, Heisenberg, and Bohr, protomutant contends that the “Time Space Continuum” (viz., existence necessarily defined by time and space) and Law of Atomic Change (viz., atomic particles only subject to change) are more reasonably (from his limited perspective) true knowledge (i.e. “that which is so”), and therefore Challenge Proposition 1 is overcome.
Including a critique of the nine main supporting arguments of Challenge Proposition 1, Jimmy L. White argues that human consciousness is comprised of three properties, “awareness, self-identity, and free will”, which are in a complete, simultaneous whole regardless of time and experience, and therefore we can [more reasonably] truly (i.e. completely) know who we are.
In reply to the response to Entry 362, Jim White contends that human consciousness is a “complete whole” due to its (innate) electromagnetic waveform, whereby “everything in the universe oscillates at a specific frequency based on the composition of substances involved”. Moreover, he contends that free will an inherent part of human consciousness does not negate consciousness as a complete whole, because of free will’s “optional” characteristic.
In reply to the response to Entry 363, Jim White questions the validity of the notion, “infinity of things’, and asks for “demonstrable proof” that there exists such a thing.
In reply to the response to Entry 364, Jim White argues that the position(s) of the Inexpressible Committee are self-defeated, because if the members of the Committee do not know who they are, they do not exist.
In reply to the response to Entry 359, Raoul Starren argues that because of the possibility of all human thought, all challenges to Proposition 1 will end in a stalemate because there is no apparent absolute to resolve issues. Moreover, Starren contends that Competition 1 resolves more around articulation (or craftiness) than reason, because of the (apparent) lack of an absolute. Further, he proposes that due to the (apparent) lack of an absolute, Competition 1 should be focused on dissecting and spelling out everything untrue.
"Who we are": the fundamental level of our being from our limited perspective.
For further explanation see who we are.
"Be": the state of living or existing with who we are as the basis.
"Existence": things and life-forms occupying space.
"Truly know": more reasonably showing how we can know something in entirety.
"We": the individuals who make up humankind.
"Overcome": our ability as individuals to more reasonably refute the proposition, "we cannot truly know who we are and be who we are at the same time", than reasonably supporting it. "More reasonably refute" entails using reason in the most objective manner possible, and includes the arguments stated in the entries and
disputes submitted to the "Challenge the Philosophy" competition, and the arguments stated in the responses to them. Also, one idea is deemed more reasonable than another idea if it is more consistent and sound.
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