(February 3, 2015 at 1:16 pm)Rational AKD Wrote: 1. if metaphysical solipsism is true, then all that exists is your mind and everything else is derived.
2. a consciousness that is truly fundamental would be in control of everything given 1.
3. "I" am not remotely in control of everything.
4. therefore my mind must be derived from something else.
(February 6, 2015 at 9:08 am)Rational AKD Wrote:(February 4, 2015 at 6:02 pm)rasetsu Wrote: Am I in control of my body, or is this something else in control of my body?you control your body... but your body isn't everything.
Do you control whether you feel sleepy?
Do you control whether you feel hungry?
Do you control whether you feel frightened?
Do you control whether you feel angry?
Do you control whether you feel sad?
Do you control whether you feel lonely?