(C) Russell Flashcards

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Comparing the universe to humans is illogical

A

“Every man who exists has a mother, and it seems to me your argument is that therefore the human race must have a mother, but obviously the human race hasn’t a mother”

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Russell said that if things require an explanation..

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Why does the universe as a whole need an explanation

- universe is just a lot of parts put together

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These thing are there and that is just

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A brute fact - we should accept it although we might question it, we cannot reach a conclusion

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He said to seek for a start of the universe is to attempt to answer a question

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That has no meaning

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5
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Quote ?

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“I should say that the universe is just there, and that’s all”

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