Angelo Cannata
and I was wondering: why are they irrelevant? The reason you gavethe subjects personal beliefs and judgements are irrelevant — Philosophim
doesn′t explain why I should trust your idea of reality.That is because reality will contradict that personal belief and subject every time. — Philosophim
You seemed to consider my understanding of you like a definitive strong point, but I don't think that any human being in this world is able to guarantee that I or you have understood each other, or even themselves. This way even the very concept of "understanding" comes out as far from containing anything clear.And yet I did, and you understood what I was intending — Philosophim
Philosophim
It looks like you consider what you call "reality" the ultimate word that establishes how things are. How is that you consider this idea of yours the ultimate word? — Angelo Cannata
Why should we conclude that this experience is the ultimate word, since it is inevitably interpreted by our brain? — Angelo Cannata
It seems to me that we humans are not ultimate beings, we are so limited, so mortal, including our ideas, so how can we think that any idea of ours, particularly such concepts as reality, objectivity, truth, can contain anything ultimate? — Angelo Cannata
You seemed to consider my understanding of you like a definitive strong point, but I don't think that any human being in this world is able to guarantee that I or you have understood each other, or even themselves. — Angelo Cannata
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