羅素之壺,蓋伯特蘭·羅素發明之懸擬。所以斥有神論者也。羅素曰,譬有瓷壺,周日於坤輿、熒惑之間。詳之,其形小甚,縱極目而不能察,則此說無可證偽也。假令此壺載於典籍,充以教化,弘之四宇,疑壺者反狂矣。[一]教眾不欲疑者疑其神,毀以不能證神。謂神既不顯,則不可疑之。此論於羅素則謬甚,夫神之不顯,猶茶壺之周日,既無對證,可信壺耶?[二]
- ↑ [一]Bertrand Russell: Is There a God?
- ↑ Garvey, Brian.Absence of evidence, evidence of absence, and the atheist’s teapot