RE: Why am I me?
December 17, 2016 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2016 at 12:50 pm by Chas.)
(December 15, 2016 at 11:20 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(October 12, 2010 at 5:58 pm)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: Being conscious individually, as I assume everyone else is, the question comes to mind; why do I exist from a 1st person point of view? Obviously I couldn't exist from a 3rd person POV, but when I die it'll seem to me as if the world ends; MY world will end. How can I explain this... When you sleep without dreaming everything is nonremembered, and seems 'black'. If death is the same, then it'll be lights out for eternity, and therefore I'm wondering why I'm conscious to begin with. Why me? Why here? Why now? Why at all? etc.
Any answers or ideas? I've asked my friends and family, but they don't really grasp the concept of the question.
I think "why" is being misapplied here.
That is definitely the case. The "why" question has a tacit assumption that there exists a "why".
Only the "how" question is meaningful. And when that is answered, a why may or may not emerge.
This seems to be the case in many of the philosophical debates here; people are asking why when they need to be asking how.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
