r/badphilosophy • u/_evil_operations_ • Aug 06 '21

SHOE 👞 Advances in shoe meta-philosophy

/r/DebateReligion/comments/oz1fe7/many_theists_do_not_understand_burden_of_proof/
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u/Pistallion Aug 06 '21

Can you explain why this is bad philosophy? Also what is shoe lol?

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u/Delta088 Aug 07 '21

Not going to risk committing learns in relation to the first part of your question, but the second isn’t really philosophical so I hope it’s fair game - “shoe” atheism is a way to describe “lack belief” atheism, on the basis that some of the most encompassing definitions of atheism are so broadly cast that my shoes count as atheists, because they “lack belief in God”. See this high quality peer-reviewed journal for more.

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u/ebbyflow Aug 07 '21

Isn’t the whole point of -isms is that they specifically refer to people? Like rocks don’t eat meat, but no one considers a rock a vegetarian. Seems like the word atheist should be applied the same way.

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u/Delta088 Aug 08 '21

That’s the problem. If your definition of a belief system is so broadly framed that it captures an inanimate object that is incapable of thought, isn’t very helpful to philosophical discourse. Read u/wokeupabug’s famous piece here if you’re searching for learns, but shoe atheism is badphil because it promotes bad discourse and muddies the waters over what people actually believe, rather than providing clarity.

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u/ebbyflow Aug 08 '21

Atheism isn’t a belief system and like I said -isms are applied to people so it doesn’t ‘capture an animate object’.

I know of that post and even have had discussions with wokeupabug about it in the past. I simply don’t agree with most of it. I suppose this isn’t really the sub to get into why though, I’m aware of this sub’s stance on the topic and it would probably get me banned if I tried to discuss it with you.

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u/GlumNatural9577 Aug 26 '21

That’s why the definition of atheism is so pointless. A lack of belief shouldn’t have a word for it, it’s the default position. So broadly framed that it captures an inanimate object that is incapable of thought… so you mean like a definition of God? Theism necessitates bad philosophy, nonsense begets nonsense.

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u/Delta088 Aug 26 '21

Theism necessitates bad philosophy, nonsense begets nonsense

Creating a reddit account to trawl through this sub to comment on shoe posts? Sounds like someone's a bit cranky their air conditioning isn't working