DialecticSkeptic
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The self-referential incoherence of an atheistic worldview as demonstrated by a reductio ad absurdum.
(1) If metaphysical naturalism is true, then all beliefs are fully explainable in terms of non-rational causes (e.g., physics, biology, chemistry, etc.).
(2) If all beliefs are fully explainable in terms of non-rational causes, then no belief is rationally inferred.
(3) Therefore, if metaphysical naturalism is true, then no belief is rationally inferred.
(4) Metaphysical naturalism is true.
(5) Therefore, no belief is rationally inferred—including the belief that metaphysical naturalism is true.
(1) If metaphysical naturalism is true, then all beliefs are fully explainable in terms of non-rational causes (e.g., physics, biology, chemistry, etc.).
(2) If all beliefs are fully explainable in terms of non-rational causes, then no belief is rationally inferred.
(3) Therefore, if metaphysical naturalism is true, then no belief is rationally inferred.
(4) Metaphysical naturalism is true.
(5) Therefore, no belief is rationally inferred—including the belief that metaphysical naturalism is true.