(January 14, 2017 at 11:55 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Except that other people can verify my experiences independently. Unless of course you want to argue that I only perceive them doing it, in which case I can safely ignore you as a figment of my imagination. Though why I would imagine a figment whom I imagine wants to insist that I am only imagining him, I can't imagine.
That's my line!
Seriously, though, let's say that there are people beyond the self, and that they have some common experiences, which must therefore be considered objective. This doesn't really say where the experiences are coming from or why. It doesn't help us distinguish between idealism, materialism, the Matrix or the Mind of God. So that evidence, while it is evidence perhaps of many things, still can't transcend the mundane context, giving us useful insight into the why's and wherefores of reality.
