RE: Idealism is more Rational than Materialism
February 8, 2015 at 7:06 am
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2015 at 7:10 am by FreeTony.)
(February 7, 2015 at 9:45 am)Rational AKD Wrote: no that is not right... more like:
I experience mental processes.
I experience physical substances as part of my mental processes.
these physical substances are either their own substances my mental processes are interpreting or they are just mental projections.
the later makes fewer assumptions than the former.
Occam's Razor and whatnot... I've already said this.
If we're going to make the fewest assumptions, then it would be better to say: My own consiousness is fundamental, and all other consiousnesses are mental projections
That's just as many assumptions as: My own consiousness is fundamental, and physical substances are mental projections
You are then making more assumptions with the former when you say that other consciousnesses also exist, along with some sort of network of consiousness. You make the mistake when you talk about your experience of your own mental processes, but don't use this as your "fundamental", rather you use a sort of universal consciousness. This isn't what you've experienced.
