Quote:<Ryft> "What is real" is metaphysics. "How we know" is epistemology. They are categorically different issues.
<DoubtVsFaith> Ok, well, do you believe reality exists separate to our subjective experience?
<Ryft> Do I believe things are objectively real? Yes.
<DoubtVsFaith> So if no one is experiencing a rock, say, it doesn't stop existing, right?
<Ryft> Correct.
<DoubtVsFaith> So why do you believe that things still exist when they are not experienced?
<Ryft> Because I have a metaphysics that defines reality in that way.
<thesummerqueen> [bland tone] Just because a woman hasn't experienced an orgasm doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)