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Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
(September 18, 2015 at 3:08 pm)Rhythm Wrote: 1. solipsism is possible.
-granted

2. given 1, there is a possible world where mind exists and matter doesn't and therefore there is a property (modal property) of mind that matter doesn't have.
-"if premise 1 were true, then premise 1 would be true"
3. given 2 and according to Leibniz Law, mind and matter are not identical; given 1 and 2, mind is not reducible to matter.
-"if premise 1 were true, then premise 1 would be true"  In a meta solipsist world (possible or actual).....mind would not be reducible to matter - cheifly, because there would be no matter.  Full stop, nothing else need be said...1-3 are -still- contained within premise 1.
you misunderstand premise 3... it is not simply concluding mind and matter aren't the same thing in a possible world that is solipsistic... it is concluding that mind and matter aren't the same thing in actuality. according to Leibniz Law, for 2 things to be identical they can't have properties that distinguish them from one another. if something is possible for A but not B, then they are not the same. and this establishment of non-identical terms would be true in all cases, not just the specific circumstances.

Rhythm Wrote:you haven't reworded this, so the problem remains.
I readdressed the problem with substance dualism as per your request. i'm still waiting for your response. EDIT: I missed your explanation in the paragraph so i'll go ahead and address it.

Rhythm Wrote:If the world is meta-solipsist, and substance dualism is false - then monistic idealism is true.
your misinterpretation is premise 3 is affecting your summery. let me try: if solipsism is possible, then mind is not reducable to matter. given that and substance dualism is false, then mind is fundamental and everything is derived from mind; thus Monistic Idealism entails.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
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RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist - by Cato - September 18, 2015 at 12:16 am
RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist - by Rational AKD - September 18, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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