One can say from this mind I know of a time before this mind and need to turn and check that 'from' is not as certain is 'in'. And I 'know' (badly) of physics that denies distance and before long nothing can be said without inverted commas. And what is this that 'watches' mind-stuff? And why does my brain scan differently when I am working with other 'individuals' than when on my own? How has my dna produced me over evolution to be living and thinking and why do I not see as many colours as a particular prawn and why are most of my 20-odd senses so seemingly under-used and even beyond them what might there be to perceive with to 'see' a very different reality? What madness is it to tell a class you may be walking down Main Street in the rain in your pajamas as far as you know rather than teaching them? They know you aren't. And it's just a blind to point out that the table they see isn't real but mostly empty space in some whirl of particles and words themselves become relative, maybe relating and you might head off towards not knowing individuals and only relations between them. The chronic anti-realist imagines the realist banging tables to prove what's real, only proving the eternal return of the all-knowing jerk who can only defeat his own arguments. The game is called 'the little professor' in transactional analysis, so common, so dull. My class, who can't accept that might be dreaming rather than teaching them believe in science, but don't connect what it tells them to just how difficult reality is to grasp. Some prefer to think me mad, rather than face the hard learning. They are right - I should have given up on them years ago if I was sane.
On Jun 27, 7:42 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > “…Given this statement, how is any position which asserts a Realist > position ever justifiable?” – Chaz > > The assertion that what one perceives is real, whether it be internal or > external, whether one uses senses or perception is where one can recognize > that the subjective view of Realism is as justifiable as the subjective view > that what one perceives internally is real. Both are of the same mind-stuff. > Both are equally valid. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
