On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 12:18:45 PM UTC-5, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 9:25:11 AM UTC-5, Cosmin Visan wrote: >> >> That's such a silly argument. This only proves there are interactions >> between consciousnesses. >> >> On Tuesday, 22 October 2019 14:25:04 UTC+3, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> >>> I think Samuel Johnson had a good reply to Bishop Berkeley on refuting >>> idealism, "If I kick this rock thusly," which Johnson did, "It then kicks >>> back." This is not a complete proof, but it works well enough FAPP. >>> >>> > It is not silly. It is empirical. If you are interested in some sort of > firm "mathy" type of proof, then I would suggest the burden is more upon > you to prove your case that idealism is true. I have no particular > interest in the subject to begin with, so I put the ball in your court. > Prove your case. > > LC >
Empiricism cannot say whether it's (all) matter, consciousness, or numbers. What makes the latter two dismissible is they do not explain what we know of our own consciousness - that it is finite in time and bounded in space. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/5742eb5d-6726-4305-81e8-5b86dbb74095%40googlegroups.com.
