Good point Craig, pink unicorns only exist in my subjectivity as the external world has suggested them. I don't like pink, so am generally unbothered by them. This, of course, is talkm of conditions of existence.
On 27 Mar, 14:10, Kierkecraig <[email protected]> wrote: > Lonlaz, > What do you mean by "exists"? How do you define that word? Isn't the > question you should be asking not whether something exists, but rather > where it exists? For example, pink unicorns exist, but as far we know > they only exist in the subjective mind. Canadian geese exist as well, > but they exist both in the subjective mind, and in the objective > world. In fact pink unicorns are based on our experience as well. > We've experienced the color pink, we've experienced animals with > horns, and we've experienced horses. We combine all those > experiences, muddle things up, and we come up with something that we > never experienced all at the same time, and so we say that it exists > only in our subjective mind, but in reality even a pink unicorn exists > in the objective world, just not in the order we arranged the objects > in our subjective mind. > > On Mar 25, 3:23 pm, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Inspired by the perhaps strange idea of asking if something exists or > > not. I ask, does anything really exist at all? Does Blue exist, for > > example? > > > Now some of us would say that the very thought of being able to refer > > to something by a name would be common sense proof that it exists. So > > does a general concesus mean that something exists? What about the > > color blind? > > > Now someone may say, of course there is a color Blue! It can be > > measured! Blue is photons oscillilating at 450 nm. But another might > > say, that is a paltry existence, a bunch of transient particles > > without mass waving about, only to be snuffed out of existance by a > > retina. And like the tree that fell in the forest, if the wavy > > particles don't hit a retina, are they still Blue? > > > Muddling the question further, there are those that dispute Blue is a > > color at all. These 'Synthenasist' claim Blue is a taste, a sound, or > > perhaps even a feeling. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
