(October 29, 2016 at 4:34 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The external world. For all I know, I'm a disembodied consciousness and all the things I think I see and feel are simply a side effect of that particular state of being. No one can prove that this isn't the case.Even if it were "only" in your head, it would still be real. So what do your doubts consist in, exactly?
*shrug* I don't find it necessary to have proof of a thing to believe that it exists. I do, however, insist on what is called 'the reasonableness of belief', i.e. that belief is justified if such belief is more reasonable than the absence of the belief. Thus, I believe in the external world but not Bigfoot, just as I believe in extraterrestrial life but not gods.
Boru
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What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
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