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Contra Metaphysical Idealism
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RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism
(April 14, 2014 at 2:14 pm)archangle Wrote: I see your claim as the universe only exist because we "process it". does that sum it up?
No. What you just said has absolutely zero to do with anything I've ever said. In fact, I've contradicted this idea, which is an extension of solipsism, at least twice.

My claim is that the universe itself is not a collection of things, but of the interrelationships between properties that don't supervene on anything-- i.e. they are just ideas or concepts, and there are no "things" that cause them. But they are not ideas or concepts of people-- they are self-existent ideas or concepts.
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Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by MindForgedManacle - April 1, 2014 at 8:45 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 2, 2014 at 1:49 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 2, 2014 at 10:51 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 2, 2014 at 7:24 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - April 2, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 2, 2014 at 1:52 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 2, 2014 at 6:14 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by MindForgedManacle - April 4, 2014 at 6:55 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 4, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 6, 2014 at 9:39 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 6, 2014 at 10:34 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 6, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 6, 2014 at 7:02 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 6, 2014 at 8:04 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 7, 2014 at 8:06 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 7, 2014 at 11:25 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 7, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 7, 2014 at 4:57 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 7, 2014 at 6:47 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 8, 2014 at 9:25 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 8, 2014 at 3:40 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 8, 2014 at 6:51 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 8, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 8, 2014 at 8:59 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 8, 2014 at 10:31 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 8, 2014 at 11:19 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 5:54 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 9, 2014 at 11:30 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - April 5, 2014 at 11:08 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 6, 2014 at 2:13 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 7, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 7, 2014 at 11:24 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by MindForgedManacle - April 7, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 5:55 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 11:57 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 9, 2014 at 12:11 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 12:23 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Chas - April 9, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 6:43 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 9, 2014 at 12:30 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 5:43 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 6:45 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 7:54 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 9:04 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 9, 2014 at 10:00 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 9, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 10, 2014 at 6:40 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 6:51 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 10, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by tor - April 10, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 14, 2014 at 8:16 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 14, 2014 at 1:55 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 14, 2014 at 2:14 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 14, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by JuliaL - April 14, 2014 at 10:21 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 15, 2014 at 12:40 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 15, 2014 at 7:26 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 15, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 16, 2014 at 11:44 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 17, 2014 at 3:01 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 17, 2014 at 11:30 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 17, 2014 at 5:26 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 18, 2014 at 7:03 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 20, 2014 at 12:50 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 20, 2014 at 7:46 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by bennyboy - April 20, 2014 at 10:24 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 21, 2014 at 8:26 am
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 17, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 16, 2014 at 3:53 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Neo-Scholastic - April 16, 2014 at 12:29 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by Angrboda - April 16, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: Contra Metaphysical Idealism - by archangle - April 17, 2014 at 9:03 am

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