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Originally Posted by toretorden
It's part of what I don't like about philosophy like this. Veggie, you say you like to ponder our existance but if you think about it, a hypothesis like solipsism doesn't actually promote any kind of inquiry, for example scientific research. Rather, it pacifies by playing with or accepting the idea that nothing is real and proving stuff or finding things out is fruitless and pointless.
It's oh-so counter productive.
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I'm not sure my point is to be productive, its just fun. Solipsism is just the tip of the iceburg, and i actually don't think about it as much as the other philosophical theories. Most of my intrest in these subjects was sparked by the film "What the Bleep Do We Know?" which we watched in my English class last year. You don't have to agree with it, but there are in fact a great many scientist who are not only inquiring deeper and deeper into these types of things through scientific research, but who are also doing the exact opposite of accepting things passivly. If i was smart enough, I'd want to do that for a living.
I don't think anyone here has said "don't do your homework or go to work or pay your bills, it doesn't matter, it's all in our imagination." Whatever you believe about reality, these things do appear to exist, and so to maintain OUR apparent existence, they are neccesary.
08-27-2009, 05:36 PM
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