You could have said this from the beginning. I didn't think you were certain until you started defending it and then responded with those incredulous questions, which imply it would absurd to think differently from you.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:06 amMy original to Seed was;Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:35 amAnd now you are trying to shift the onus to me. You made an assertion. I am challenging it. This appeal to incredulity and expecting me to now defend a position rather than defending your own position is confused.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:18 am Do you think other non-human animals like bats, fishes, dolphins will cognize the moon-illusions like humans do?
If you have no real justification for you assertion, then just say so. Challenging your assumption does not mean I need to defend the opposite assumption. I could, for example, be unconvinced of both assertions, yours and someone saying animals do see the Moon illusion. Which, in fact is the case. I don't see either side, so far, having demonstrated what animals see or don't on this issue.
And then adding in bacteria was just distraction.
Do you understand these basic things about philosophical discussions.
If you assert X and I challenge this and ask for justification it does not entail I must believe the opposite of X.
And even if I did, my not being able to demonstrate the opposite of X, does not mean your position is justified.
That's basic stuff. Your certainly not the only person who seems to be confused about this, but you do seem confused about this.
So, do you have any justification or shall I expect more distraction.
The awe of beauty of the above scenery [illusory ]is man-made not God-made.
I don't think other animals see a different size moon or sun at dawn or sunset from that at noon.
In the above I was merely referring to "animals" generally and hastily.
Since I mentioned "man-made" my intention was the opposite i.e. non-man, non-humans.
Since you challenged, I have to be serious to state what I really intended to mean, i.e. all living things that are non-humans [which is my original intention].
Since I am aware not all animals cognize exactly the same illusions as humans, I stated "I don't think .." and not implying "I am certain .." in which case I will have to justify.
In any case, this is a very petty point.
My main point is:
The awe of beauty of the above scenery [illusory ]is man-made not God-made.
Nor did you explain why you think it is the case, especially given that you think it is an evolutionary trait (I mean what isn't, but if it's useful for us somehow or a byproduct and arose through evolution....? etc.)
But OK it's an opinion and you don't have any particular justification, fine.
And then to your main point. The beauty is not merely man made. And if you have an aesthetic FSK, which we do have, we will find, via intersubjectivity that some things are considered beautiful vastly more than others. So, there is, according to your own epistemology objective beauty that is dependent not just on minds floating in ether, but when reacting to this portion of the universe rather than that portion of the universe. There is an interplay between the human and the non-human and the latter is not incidental.
So the either it is human made or it is God made is a false dichotomy.