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Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
RE: Proof Mind is Fundamental and Matter Doesn't Exist
(September 11, 2015 at 2:31 pm)Rational AKD Wrote: …it cannot be reasonably refuted or bypassed…

Premise 1: A metaphysically solipsist world (a world where only a mind exists) cannot be proven false due to epistemic limitations.

Premise 2: It is unreasonable to presume solipsism is impossible given 1, therefore it must be reasonably granted solipsism is possible.

Both premises fall to Aristotle’s Principle of Non-Contradiction (PNC). It states that nothing can both exist and not exist simultaneously and in all ways. It is an undeniable truth regardless of whether or not any mind knows it; the PNC it is not a product of the mind. Since at least one thing exists extra-mentally, the PNC, it follows that all forms of idealism, including solipsism, are false.
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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 Neo-Scholastic - October 22, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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