RE: Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion
March 22, 2015 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2015 at 8:14 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(March 22, 2015 at 7:32 pm)Mezmo! Wrote:What would be an example of a real object? I can't think of a real object except the entire universe. The objects within the universe are simply arbitrary abstractions IMO.(March 22, 2015 at 7:19 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: Most things that we observe existing for a time are only abstractions for organizations of other things (the Earth, a human body, a nation, etc.). The time of birth and death we assign to these abstractions depends on when certain properties of the abstraction begin to exist and cease to exist.Sensible bodies are not themselves abstractions; but rather, the real things having an independent existence from which we abstract the qualities that allow them to be conceived in the the intellect. It is my position that even in the absence of human perception the universe is filled with real objects that have distinct qualities and essential natures.