RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
September 23, 2015 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2015 at 2:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
"You don't know what you don't know" is not an argument against or refutation -of- materialism, nor does it advance the position of idealism a single millimeter. A requirement of full knowledge is ridiculous and unreasonable. Further, it's invocation doesn't have the ability to make or support the comments you've offered. I agree wholeheartedly that there is currently no way to prove either metaphysical claim. This does not, however, level the ground between the two claims.
The LHC keeps smashing "stuff" into "things" and producing results either because it's working assumptions -are true-...or the universe behaves -as though- they were true.
You've -made- assumptions in the arguments you've offered, both consciously and inadvertently. Can you dismiss the power of evidence (or the assumptions upon which the evidence rests) while simultaneously pointing to it -as- evidence (or the inaccuracy of the assumptions of which it rests)? If there's something under the qm hood, not at all like the qm hood (and maybe there is)...... then it makes -no sense at all- to stare at the hood and makes claims as to the engine beneath by reference to the hood above.
The LHC keeps smashing "stuff" into "things" and producing results either because it's working assumptions -are true-...or the universe behaves -as though- they were true.
You've -made- assumptions in the arguments you've offered, both consciously and inadvertently. Can you dismiss the power of evidence (or the assumptions upon which the evidence rests) while simultaneously pointing to it -as- evidence (or the inaccuracy of the assumptions of which it rests)? If there's something under the qm hood, not at all like the qm hood (and maybe there is)...... then it makes -no sense at all- to stare at the hood and makes claims as to the engine beneath by reference to the hood above.
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