(December 20, 2011 at 3:39 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Darwinning, as you have surmised, idealism is divided into many facets, but what amkerman is stating regarding the existence of things is indeed a form of idealism-possibly that of mentalism. The great consciousness being what he posits as god.
Without the conscious mind, what exists? Existence is ontological which necessitates a mind or thought. You couldn't even presume that physicality or naturalism was true without consciousness.
Brevity is the soul of wit.