A proof that there are no proofs is nonsensical, so is a proof
that there are proofs. Reason is the starting point of
everything. Cannot treat reasosn as a mere phenomenon, or
rather as a consequence of millenias of intuitive knowledge passed
on from parents to children. By seeing it as a mere phenomenon,
that person is now outside of it, and no way back into it.
don't misunderstand, i don't deny the existence of proofs. I've
merely highlighted the problem of proofs. What do you think of the
above self-refuting statements?
I agree that reason is the starting point of everything. So does
the Gospel of John in John 1:1-4, "In the beginning was the Word
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the
beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without
him was not anything made that was made." The word "Word" (logos in
Greek) can also be translated as logic, reason, wisdom.
So if reason is not a mere phenomenon, or the consequence of
"millenias of
intuitive knowledge passed on from parents to children", what is
reason then? How did it come about? How do we account for the
universal laws of logic?