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VitriolicViolet t1_iw4ot0i wrote

Reply to comment by ridgecoyote in A cross between an Existentialist and an Old Testament prophet, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard urged his "single individual" reader to follow the "highest passion" of faith rather than becoming one of the stereotyped pseudo-individuals of "The Crowd" by thelivingphilosophy

>There ARE problems with your statement- for one it assumes an objective reality outside of ourselves

thats not a problem.

frankly onus is on you to demonstrate that universe is mind-dependent. assuming the universe exists is a perfectly fine assumption, more so then fucking solipsism anyway.

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ridgecoyote t1_iw8049a wrote

."Consider the practical effects of the objects of your conception. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object." C.S. Peirce

The problem with your “assumption “ (it’s actually more of a postulate) about a mind- independent world (and I assume you follow this from a scientifically oriented worldview ) Is the way one tends to reify one’s conception as if it’s absolutely real. This is The problem of our modern day. Josiah Royce in his biggest work, The World and the Individual, described it as the common metaphysical stance, but no real thinker can hold it for long because of its inherent self contradictions. “

However to make a fully supported argument would take more space than we have time for in this forum, and besides, my philosophical heroes do a better job than I. A good intro would be RM Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

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