Timeline for If all we see is the sensible world, what are the proofs to affirm that matter exists?
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| Feb 21, 2021 at 18:19 | comment | added | Math Keeps Me Busy | @Voxywave No, solipsism does not necessarily follow from the the statement "there is no matter". However, solipsism may follow from the reasons given for asserting "there is no matter", in particular, if one asserts immaterialism on the grounds that matter is not directly experienced, then one is faced with the problem that other minds are also not directly experienced. Also, you are correct that "matter exists" does not entail "there is no god". | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 18:17 | comment | added | Voxywave | I mean that solipsism does not necessarily follow from the statement "there is no matter." And from the statement "matter exists" it cannot be concluded that there is no god. | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 18:11 | comment | added | Math Keeps Me Busy | Yes it is an argumentum ad consequentiam. I'm not sure that is "bad" however. Sometimes we do not like the logical consequences of how we choose our ontological set. ++++ I don't know what you mean by "these are my assumptions", then give 1 "matter exists" and 2 "matter does not exist". | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 17:39 | comment | added | Voxywave | @MathKeepsMeBussy Even if it were so, that would be an argumentum ad consequentiam. But I don't think there is only one option, these are my assumptions: 1) Matter exists 1.A) God created matter (we live in a simulation) 2) Matter does not exist 2.A) God is the mind of God ( Berkeley) 2.B) I am my own god (solipsism) | |
| Feb 21, 2021 at 15:17 | history | answered | Math Keeps Me Busy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |