King@blackneon.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhy do you personally believe in your religion?message-squaremessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down19
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhy do you personally believe in your religion?King@blackneon.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square141linkfedilink
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoUnless you are the Sun (in which case, cute~), it doesn’t seem to help
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoMy point is that if universal personal experience doesn’t prove something, you may be in the philosophical weeds.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIt doesn’t take philosophical weeds to consider the possibility of Sun being just a lamp in the sky, or people around you not being real
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe sun can be a large lamp. That’s still real.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIs it the Sun as we know it, though? And how can we be sure the lamp is actually there, and not simulation/imagination/trick of our eyes or brain?
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoBack to Solipsism. Anything can be argued in the ways you mention, eliminating all possible knowledge of both self and reality. A non productive dead end of philosophy.
Unless you are the Sun (in which case, cute~), it doesn’t seem to help
My point is that if universal personal experience doesn’t prove something, you may be in the philosophical weeds.
It doesn’t take philosophical weeds to consider the possibility of Sun being just a lamp in the sky, or people around you not being real
The sun can be a large lamp. That’s still real.
Is it the Sun as we know it, though? And how can we be sure the lamp is actually there, and not simulation/imagination/trick of our eyes or brain?
Back to Solipsism. Anything can be argued in the ways you mention, eliminating all possible knowledge of both self and reality. A non productive dead end of philosophy.