On 4/22/2019 2:17 PM, Philip Thrift wrote:
On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 4:08:12 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 4/22/2019 1:56 PM, Philip Thrift wrote:The Kantian view is that *reality* is actually really real. It is there whether there are any of us (or anyone else) thinking beings around to agree about or argue about anything.Really?What people agree (or disagree) about, "intersubjective" or otherwise (and it is questionable these days in 2019 what agreement there really is) are *theories of reality*.Most theories (and all the useful ones) are not theories of reality, they are theories of a part of reality, i.e. a domain in which the theory makes accurate and reliable predictions. Brent “All human progress has been made by studying the shadows on the cave wall.” --- Sean Carroll Sean is a Platonist. Just like Vic said.
Have you read the parable of the cave?? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
