RE: Consciousness Quadlemma!
May 26, 2017 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2017 at 2:57 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 26, 2017 at 12:12 pm)Ben Davis Wrote: Nope. There's more depth than you think. 'I am therefore I am' explies that the facts of my existence are the evidence for my existence. More than a tautology based on the Law of Identity, it's the ultimate expression of material rationalism. Let's go from there
Eh? Are you making fun of my philosophy-babble or are you being serious? I honestly can't tell!
How can "I am therefore I am" make sense? If "I am" is true then there is no "therefore" necessary
Isn't that like saying "2+2=4 THEREFORE 2+2=4"...? ...And isn't the "THEREFORE" and the repetition of the first premise redundant?
You say that the facts of your existence are the evidence of your existence...
..but what does that even mean, lol?
Facts about your existence are empirical truths about your existence... so wouldn't that mean specific evidence of the details of your existence rather than the evidence of your existence itself? Isn't your own existence self-evident to yourself via your own conscious access and self-evident to others when they perceive you provided that they presume #1 You exist as something external to themselves #2 They are not hallucinating you?
By the way I hope I'm not being a douche in this post.
Although it is, on occasion, an effective strategy within my favorite game of all time:
