'I know for sure that 2+2=4'
You believe that you know for sure that 2+2=4. In stating that you are sure that you could not be wrong about this you are presupposing several things:
1. Your Reasoning
The question here though is - how do you know your reasoning is valid? How do you know that your brain is working properly in order for you to know things? How do you know that everything isn't just an illusion?
2. That Reality Exists
"Not everyone agrees that ‘2 + 2 = 4’ is true. Vedantic Hinduism … thinks that all plurality is an illusion, ‘2 + 2 = 4’ is an illusory statement. On the most ultimate level of being, 1 + 1 = 1 (Vern Poythress)" (From 'Hinduism...' by Mike Robinson)
If 'all is one' as Hinduism teaches, then there are no distinctions, and hence the statement in accord with Hindu reality would be 1+1=1.
3. That Numbers Exist
If I were to write the number 2 on a board, would that be the number two? If yes, then if I erased the number 2, would that mean that the number two no longer exists and that all of the twos in existence have now disappeared including the twos in your cell phone or computer? That's absurd to think that because we know that the number two and all numbers are abstract concepts. Where do they exist then? If numbers merely exist in our minds then would the concept of numbers have not existed before human minds existed? Even if people did not exist the concept of two would still exist. The truth is that the number two and all numbers exist in the mind of God, and it is only because we know that God exists and reality exists that we can know that numbers exist.
4. The Laws of Mathematics and The Uniformity of Nature
What is your basis for the laws of mathematics being the same in the future as they have been in the past? You are assuming that the future will be like the past based on past experience. However this is viciously circular and absurd, as you will see later on my page about uniformity.
The question I'd like to ask you next is:
1. Your Reasoning
The question here though is - how do you know your reasoning is valid? How do you know that your brain is working properly in order for you to know things? How do you know that everything isn't just an illusion?
2. That Reality Exists
"Not everyone agrees that ‘2 + 2 = 4’ is true. Vedantic Hinduism … thinks that all plurality is an illusion, ‘2 + 2 = 4’ is an illusory statement. On the most ultimate level of being, 1 + 1 = 1 (Vern Poythress)" (From 'Hinduism...' by Mike Robinson)
If 'all is one' as Hinduism teaches, then there are no distinctions, and hence the statement in accord with Hindu reality would be 1+1=1.
3. That Numbers Exist
If I were to write the number 2 on a board, would that be the number two? If yes, then if I erased the number 2, would that mean that the number two no longer exists and that all of the twos in existence have now disappeared including the twos in your cell phone or computer? That's absurd to think that because we know that the number two and all numbers are abstract concepts. Where do they exist then? If numbers merely exist in our minds then would the concept of numbers have not existed before human minds existed? Even if people did not exist the concept of two would still exist. The truth is that the number two and all numbers exist in the mind of God, and it is only because we know that God exists and reality exists that we can know that numbers exist.
4. The Laws of Mathematics and The Uniformity of Nature
What is your basis for the laws of mathematics being the same in the future as they have been in the past? You are assuming that the future will be like the past based on past experience. However this is viciously circular and absurd, as you will see later on my page about uniformity.
The question I'd like to ask you next is:
How do you know your reasoning is valid? (Click below)
