If you seriously and consistently believe this, then I'm just a figment of your imagination, and there isn't any point in discussing further, since there is nothing that I can possibly offer other than what is already in your mind.
But, I don't think you believe this--you've just read it in a philosophy book. And, you're grappling with the idea, and all the problems and contradictions it seems to lead to.
If you assume that reality really does exist, and that you--including your mind--are just part of that reality, then things will make much more sense. You can't "prove" that reality exists; the very concept of proof depends on it's existence. Every proof requires axioms. So, you have to treat the existence of reality--in your own mind--as an axiom.
Moreover, you have eyes to see with, ears to hear with, skin to touch with; you have to assume that what you are seeing, hearing, and touching, is some aspect of reality. The connection may be complicated, there may be confusion at times, but it is real.
i believe this, but i wrestle with it sometimes like i psyche myself out again into just going along with the reality everyone else seems to accept and it works for the most part.
and no, i didn't read it in any books, kind of the opposite- i had had this on my mind for a really long time and then i discovered that i wasn't the only one and it was an established state of mind, that there was literature, etc.
but i kind of digress, thank you for your thoughts on it. sometimes this troubles me a lot and sometimes i just kinda go with the flow and don't think about it
nothing exists outside of my mind?
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If you seriously and consistently believe this, then I'm just a figment of your imagination, and there isn't any point in discussing further, since there is nothing that I can possibly offer other than what is already in your mind.
But, I don't think you believe this--you've just read it in a philosophy book. And, you're grappling with the idea, and all the problems and contradictions it seems to lead to.
If you assume that reality really does exist, and that you--including your mind--are just part of that reality, then things will make much more sense. You can't "prove" that reality exists; the very concept of proof depends on it's existence. Every proof requires axioms. So, you have to treat the existence of reality--in your own mind--as an axiom.
Moreover, you have eyes to see with, ears to hear with, skin to touch with; you have to assume that what you are seeing, hearing, and touching, is some aspect of reality. The connection may be complicated, there may be confusion at times, but it is real.
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i believe this, but i wrestle with it sometimes like i psyche myself out again into just going along with the reality everyone else seems to accept and it works for the most part.
and no, i didn't read it in any books, kind of the opposite- i had had this on my mind for a really long time and then i discovered that i wasn't the only one and it was an established state of mind, that there was literature, etc.
but i kind of digress, thank you for your thoughts on it. sometimes this troubles me a lot and sometimes i just kinda go with the flow and don't think about it