RE: Minds and Events
August 14, 2016 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2016 at 5:51 pm by bennyboy.)
@OP: Please don't paste stuff from Word or other programs. It makes it very hard to quote your post.
"I exist and I am a mind. Therefore, Minds exist."
-This is already a false conclusion. The correct conclusion is "At least one mind exists. . . mine."
"I have feelings. These feelings originate from sensors in what I call my body. "
-You are confusing observations with conclusions.
"My body needs space and matter in general needs space. Matter can exist only in space. Therefore, space must exist."
-. . . and now the non sequitur of the previous statement propagates into a world view. You have gone from "what I call my body" to "my body," jumping from a label for experience to an accepted fact about reality. You might not even be wrong, but your way of establishing a philosophical foundation isn't working.
"My body needs time to change and matter in general needs time for change. Matter can change only in time. Therefore, time must exist."
-So far, literally every point you've made except the first is non sequitur. You haven't showed how you've gone beyond the solipsist position that you started with. Basically, you've said, "I think a bunch of stuff. . . so all this other stuff must be factually true."
"I exist and I am a mind. Therefore, Minds exist."
-This is already a false conclusion. The correct conclusion is "At least one mind exists. . . mine."
"I have feelings. These feelings originate from sensors in what I call my body. "
-You are confusing observations with conclusions.
"My body needs space and matter in general needs space. Matter can exist only in space. Therefore, space must exist."
-. . . and now the non sequitur of the previous statement propagates into a world view. You have gone from "what I call my body" to "my body," jumping from a label for experience to an accepted fact about reality. You might not even be wrong, but your way of establishing a philosophical foundation isn't working.
"My body needs time to change and matter in general needs time for change. Matter can change only in time. Therefore, time must exist."
-So far, literally every point you've made except the first is non sequitur. You haven't showed how you've gone beyond the solipsist position that you started with. Basically, you've said, "I think a bunch of stuff. . . so all this other stuff must be factually true."
