RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
September 11, 2015 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2015 at 2:52 pm by Rational AKD.)
(September 11, 2015 at 2:39 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: While I understand the logic behind this, the conclusions don't follow because the assumptions are not verifiable. This isn't a reasoned argument as it's based on something that is impossible to test. It's the same thing we as theists get blamed for when we bring up logical arguments for God. Something that is not empirically verifiable.empirical evidence isn't the only type of evidence. the argument's premises are substantiated by the introspective evaluation of your own conscious experience, and certain laws of logic such as Leibniz Law of Indiscernibility of Identicals.
Ikingpinl Wrote:IMO, the argument stops after point #1. I cannot prove a negativesure you can. if not possible A, then A is proven false. in any case, you do realize I was disproving a negative, right? I was eliminating the proposition of 'solipsism is impossible' as a reasonable escape. if it's impossible to prove a negative, then you already agree it's reasonable to accept solipsism is possible.
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