Are you convinced of anything's existence, other than you?

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Arganger
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11 Mar 2019, 9:46 am

Does anything exist?

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11 Mar 2019, 11:22 am

Solipsism anyone?

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11 Mar 2019, 12:13 pm

This problem seriously does vex me - for at least an hour or two a day.

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11 Mar 2019, 12:24 pm

Nope...not very philosophical.

My fingers typing on this keyboard definitely exists----as does the keyboard---as does the computer monitor--as do the people around me.

And all the other components of the library where I work.

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11 Mar 2019, 1:07 pm

If nothing exists, then nothing is pondering the question. And if that's the case, no worries.

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11 Mar 2019, 5:46 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:

If nothing exists, then nothing is pondering the question. And if that's the case, no worries.

Not according to Rene Descartes. If you are pondering it then something must be pondering it. You are that something. So you exists.

Hense his famous quote: "I think. Therefore I am."

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11 Mar 2019, 5:47 pm

The original poster exists.

But the rest of us are just fig newtons of her imagination.

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11 Mar 2019, 6:00 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

The original poster exists.

But the rest of us are just fig newtons of her imagination.

Exactly, NPC #129086

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11 Mar 2019, 6:29 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Wolfram87 wrote:

If nothing exists, then nothing is pondering the question. And if that's the case, no worries.

Not according to Rene Descartes. If you are pondering it then something must be pondering it. You are that something. So you exists.

Hense his famous quote: "I think. Therefore I am."

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I know. That doesn't contradict what I said.

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12 Mar 2019, 4:11 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

I'm rather philosophical .... these things are all in your head, and also "your head" is only in your head. there's just quarks, electrons, gluons and empty space. probably. and these are only names for things we don't know or understand either.

so ... "stuff" exists. the rest is just an emergent phenomenon. I'm going with Daniel Dennett and Graham Harman over Descartes and Kant.

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12 Mar 2019, 5:08 pm

I probably don't exist. But pretending I do is usually way more enjoyable.

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