RE: Socrates On Philosophy and Death
December 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2016 at 5:28 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(December 14, 2016 at 3:15 pm)wallym Wrote:(December 14, 2016 at 2:35 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Are you saying that the square of a hypotenuse is NOT equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides IF no one knows that to be true?
I'm saying the concept of hypotenuse, sums, squares, sides, etc... would no longer exist.
Well, neither would the concept of inches as a unit of measure but things still have extension in space, do they not? Are you suggesting that spacial relationships do not exist apart from people knowing about them? Are gravity and mass just concept too? Matter? I guess what I am asking is what kinds of things do you consider part of objective reality that can exist without someone forming a concept of it. Were sharks still sharks before humans evolved to find (and perhaps be eaten by) them?
