(February 2, 2015 at 8:17 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 2, 2015 at 2:41 pm)Surgenator Wrote: It is fine that you don't believe ideas bringing forth something. However, I see this is more of a problem with idealism itself. Here is the argument.It's an equivocation on two different meanings of "idea." I can create a car, in the sense that there's a car when there wasn't previously a car. But that doesn't mean that my act of creation created a car out of nothing.
1) Idealism states the fundamental element of reality are ideas.
2) The sourse of an idea has no bearing on how ideas interact.
3) A mind can create ideas
4) I have a mind
5) Therefore, I can use my mind to create ideas in reality.
Where do you think is my mistake?
Nowhere did I say that I'm creating something out of nothing. If it is equivocation on the definition of idea, then please point out which definition you're using and where I switch definitions. Here is the dictionary. I'm using #1a as my definition.
