(February 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm)Chas Wrote: No, it is corroboration that we perceive the same thing.and a corroboration that we perceive the same thing doesn't verify that it's accurate... it just verifies it's collectively consistent.
(February 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm)Chas Wrote: Then what are we perceiving?we are perceiving mental states. these mental states are either caused by brain interpretation responding to stimuli, or they are caused by mind creating them. we have no way to verify one or the other, but materialism unnecessarily postulates a world full of material to which our mental perception is modeled after. we know mind exists, and it is the most fundamental part of our perception. why assume something is more fundamental when it would be impossible to perceive it and unnecessary to postulate it?
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
