(January 31, 2013 at 11:49 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: Is there a difference between the two?
Everything existsAnd is out to get you 0.o
Welcome to the forum, by the way. A new member already aware of the difference between solipsism and materialism? There's hope for the forum yet
Sure you're not an old member come back to haunt us? ^_^
No, I've never been here before I created this account. I did take a number of classes on the history of intellectual thought though, so I'd be rather embarrassed if I didn't know the difference between those two XD
Thanks for the welcome by the way
As to the difference between believing I know, or having an opinion about something, I believe there is such a distinction. Once someone is introduced to something, then whether we consciously do it or not, we do form a belief as to the existence of that thing. That's plain I should think, and the default position is to disbelieve everything until it is proven correct.
As to what my opinion of it existing or not is, that can still be neutral, as I can say that I don't know for sure if it exists or not until I see more evidence. At this point I neither assert that it definitely exists, or that it definitely doesn't exist.
For instance, I've heard about what a god is, and I don't have an opinion as to whether it exists or not. I don't claim that it exists, and I don't claim that it doesn't exist.
Since I can't assert either way, I have to assume until proven otherwise that it doesn't exist, since that's the default position. I do hope that other fellow comes back and reads this, since I think I might have misunderstood what they meant, and this might clear it up.
