RE: Idealism is more Rational than Materialism
February 2, 2015 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 9:14 am by Rational AKD.)
(February 2, 2015 at 9:06 am)robvalue Wrote: I really can't. I have no idea if this is an internal illusion of my brain or what it is. No one understands conciousness yet, or if it is in any way real. Maybe one day. But solipsism seems impenetrable. I certainly have no evidence of anyone else's consciousnessyou can't directly see what's behind consciousness but that does not mean you can't see you are conscious. the facts as follows:
Just asserting what it is and what it means is an argument from ignorance, in my opinion.
1. you are conscious and you cannot doubt this because doubting requires consciousness.
2. it is possible for you to exist a world where everything is mental (like your dreams)
3. it is not possible for you to exist in a world without consciousness (as you are conscious).
4. therefore it is not necessary to postulate physical substances to explain our experience.
(February 2, 2015 at 9:08 am)robvalue Wrote: You are asserting without proof all this non-material stuff. I don't know what else I can really say. I'll check in again another time.I did say in the OP this wasn't a proof right? the only thing i'm proving is what position is more reasonable according to Occam's razor and Cartesian Skepticism.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
-Galileo
