RE: Justification for Foundational Belief
July 27, 2012 at 10:45 am
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2012 at 10:59 am by The Grand Nudger.)
At least with regards to whatever reality one is observing-as far as that can really go...hehe. For my part, along the lines of realities, it seems to matter very little whether I am living in a generated reality (by myself or another) or if this reality is something completely objective to me. In either case it seems to operate according to laws which I am incapable of altering -even if it is an illusion- and so there is no practical difference between the two. I find no reason to act differently in either of these realities, and it becomes more effective to communicate my thoughts on the matter if I assume the language of this reality as being objective to me, and not generated by another -even if this is not the case. Perhaps this reality is subject to change at a whim, but it doesn't seem to be so yet, or if it has been, I am incapable of determining where this occurred. Though, if pressed, I can admit that I do not "believe" in these foundational beliefs, but I find it impossible to act differently (at least in any consistent manner). I cannot honestly put my confidence in them in principle, even if they are useful in practice. Obviously I value practice over principle in a great many places.
-late edit- as an amusing semi-sideline, it's very easy for me to compare our perceptions of reality as a principle to our perceptions of reality as expressed in tools like theories. Adept at describing the relationships between objects at a certain level, but at some point, in some other circumstance, completely unworkable.
-late edit- as an amusing semi-sideline, it's very easy for me to compare our perceptions of reality as a principle to our perceptions of reality as expressed in tools like theories. Adept at describing the relationships between objects at a certain level, but at some point, in some other circumstance, completely unworkable.
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