RE: Is the self all that can be known to exist?
November 17, 2016 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2016 at 4:35 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 17, 2016 at 4:27 pm)Aegon Wrote: I think the goal of philosophy is to reach a truth using logic.
That's a beautiful definition.
Quote: But I personally only find philosophy useful if these truths have an impact on the way I do things or the way society does things.
Same here.
Quote: Political philosophy can have (and has had) this sort of impact. Solipsism cannot.
I agree that political philosophy has had that sort of impact. The concept of solipsism doesn't have an impact on society but it does have an impact on individuals. I can testify to that because it has been impactful to me. Impactful in that through analysing it in combination with my understanding of logic I deem it to be false. "Whatever is, is" is true with or without me. I can know that as well as my own existence.
Quote:Sorry, I usually stay away from this subforum because I'm no fun when it comes to this stuff.
Well I'm enjoying and agree with almost everything you've said in this post I am responding to.
Quote:If I don't see practicality in something I don't see the point in it at all.
If we take "no point" to mean "useless" rather than "without a logical point" then your perspective is true by definition.
