(April 20, 2016 at 5:08 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(April 20, 2016 at 3:16 pm)Ignorant Wrote: Fair enough. Is reality a thing, or does it merely signify all things which exist? If it signifies all things which exist, do all of those things exist on the condition of other things?
Maybe they're (we're) all in it together. Mutual contingency.
In a certain sense, we are certainly all in it together, mutually dependent on each other. However, in a different, more precise and formal sense, it does not seem to me that mutual contingency is actually possible. Consider and example:
Helium exists on the condition that two protons exist bound together. Mutual contingency would mean: Two protons bound together exist on the condition that helium exists. <= Doesn't this one seem logically backwards/circular?
