(October 4, 2013 at 1:52 am)Rational AKD Wrote:(October 4, 2013 at 1:42 am)Ryantology Wrote: That's a rather roundabout way to arrive at solipsism.
it doesn't confirm solipsism. it makes all our beliefs in question, not all our observations. all our observations may very well be accepted as true, but conclusions drawn from them are no more true than false. it makes us question our cognitive faculties, not our senses.
What a load of shit. Look, here's my proposal...
Consult a reputable dictionary and look up the word 'solipsism'. Then, keep this in mind and re-read your P2 about 20 times. If you still don't get my point, come back and I'll explain it to you.
Also, you fucked up the observation/conclusion/senses argument. The way you put it reads as if I'm to trust my senses without consideration of experience or acquired knowledge (consider what we can 'see' in the electro-magnetic spectrum). Although my senses tell me the stick bends in water, reason suggests it doesn't after repeated dippings. Wait. What word did I use? That's right, reason. Try it sometime.
