Physicalism or materialism. The idea that everything there is arises from physical matter. If true would mean there is no God or Free Will, no immortal soul either.
Seems to be what most of academia bases their world view on and the frame work in which most Science is done.
Often challenged by Dualism and Idealism but only by a loud fringe minority.
I’ve heard pan-psychicism is proving quite the challenge, but I hear that from people who believe crystals can cure autism
I hear that “Oh actually the science is moving away from materialism” as well, but that seems to be more crystal talk as well.
So lemme ask science instead of google.
Any reason to doubt physicalism? Is there anything in science that says “Huh well that seems to not have any basis in the physical at all and yet it exists”
Edit: I have heard of the Essentia Foundation and Bernado Kastrup but since it’s endorsed by Deepak Chopra I’m not sure I can trust it
I’m guessing you knew what I meant there, right? Why would a moral god make a planet where most people die in agony, usually as kids, for most of history? That’s direct evidence against.
If we’re talking about unprovable things literally anything is possible. Because it’s unprovable.
Unprovable things can still be disprovable.
We can’t disprove the the soul, god (ethical or not), or the afterlife if we’re talking about unprovable things. Because we can’t know that there isn’t some incomprehensible reason why the best decision would be the current state of things and also somehow be ethical. But, like I’ve said, I don’t really think it’s worth debating the unprovable/undisprovable and anyone making definitive statements about what a reality beyond our own would look like while also claiming it can’t be proved should be ignored as untrustworthy.
I guess, but if when you’re getting to that point you have to ask what knowledge even is and if it’s possible about anything.