RE: Bugs Bunny
May 11, 2017 at 6:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2017 at 6:54 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Haha I'd say that's a contradiction. A false perception is a perception of something that isn't real. Hehe.
I'd say it's an existent false perception, not a real one... but that's only because I believe there are existent things that are real and existent things that are imaginary/illusory.
That just comes down to different versions of metaphysics and different answers to the question of "What is reality?"
Like... I got to this particular viewpoint of mine by asking myself the question "Does the imagination exist?" and answering "Yes of course." and then asking myself "Is the imagination real?" and answering it "Of course not."
Like... superman exists as an imaginary object/concept/work of fiction.... but he isn't real.
Also part of this is I think all things are existent but not all things are real. I think that if a thing isn't existent it isn't a thing at all. That's what it means to say "There's no such thing as ghosts." It's not that ghosts are things that aren't existent... they're just not things at all. Because a non-existent thing is simply not a thing at all. I think the idea of there BEING SOMETHING that DOESN'T EXIST makes no sense. A non-existent thing is not a thing.
I'd say it's an existent false perception, not a real one... but that's only because I believe there are existent things that are real and existent things that are imaginary/illusory.
That just comes down to different versions of metaphysics and different answers to the question of "What is reality?"
Like... I got to this particular viewpoint of mine by asking myself the question "Does the imagination exist?" and answering "Yes of course." and then asking myself "Is the imagination real?" and answering it "Of course not."
Like... superman exists as an imaginary object/concept/work of fiction.... but he isn't real.
Also part of this is I think all things are existent but not all things are real. I think that if a thing isn't existent it isn't a thing at all. That's what it means to say "There's no such thing as ghosts." It's not that ghosts are things that aren't existent... they're just not things at all. Because a non-existent thing is simply not a thing at all. I think the idea of there BEING SOMETHING that DOESN'T EXIST makes no sense. A non-existent thing is not a thing.
