If I knew anything in some universally applicable sense then I would know everything and be nothing — I like sushi
The reason to doubt your existence is a consequence of the difficulty to proof your existence. Even old Descartes felt this to be a prerequisite for going anywhere - only after achieving this "certainty" was he ready for "conquering" greater things. — Daniel C
I was trying to glean some sense from it though by using the term ‘know’ as ‘absolute certainty’ — I like sushi
↪180 Proof I would go a bit further, i.e., if grounds for doubt are lacking, then it's not only a matter of not being able to sensibly doubt, one couldn't sensibly know either. — Sam26
Every person, as a self, body, or both, knows they exist. But that knowledge is certainly variable with concern to each one, as a lot of philosophies about proving one's existence have emerged, and are known for their common contradictions.
What's yours? I would like to hear from you. — Unlimiter
Every person, as a self, body, or both, knows they exist. But that knowledge is certainly variable with concern to each one, as a lot of philosophies about proving one's existence have emerged, and are known for their common contradictions.
What's yours? I would like to hear from you. — Unlimiter
As to what the concept of existence is. First, speaking generally, it is the quality of presence in the totality, or the rejection of the absence from the totality of things. In other words, it is a statement about the world. Your being posits that you are part of this totality and have agency in the universe. — simeonz
Cogito ergo sum. But I can only prove that with any 100% certainty to myself, not to you. — Artemis
his work in self-ontology, cogito ergo sum, is just a silly exercise in futile solipsism. — alcontali
Every person, as a self, body, or both, knows they exist. But that knowledge is certainly variable with concern to each one, as a lot of philosophies about proving one's existence have emerged, and are known for their common contradictions.
What's yours? I would like to hear from you. — Unlimiter
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