On 2/4/2014 7:51 AM, David Nyman wrote:
Fine, but then if you genuinely seek to criticise it in its own terms, as you appear to do constantly, then the usual rules of engagement are that you cannot in all reason subsequently quarrel with the stated assumptions unless they lead to a contradiction *in their own terms*. That is what Bruno asks for in a public discussion and it is a very different enterprise than substituting a completely different set of assumptions somewhere in the middle of the argument.
I don't think there's anything wrong with criticizing a theory on something other than "it's own terms". I think Craig might accept Bruno's argument as valid but regard it as a reductio against saying "yes" to the doctor. I have criticized it for it's seeming lack of predictive power - a problem with all theories of everythingism so far, and also string theory.
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