So how would you describe your common sense metaphysics? — Mongrel
Idealistic, materialistic, some combo of the two? — Mongrel
Searle says the man on the street is a Cartesian. — Mongrel
The man on the street probably hasn't thought about it in depth, if at all really. — Sapientia
Right. So you're sort of headed in the same direction TGW and BC were: our thoughts, speech, and actions aren't informed much by metaphysics. It's the other way around. — Mongrel
But that still leaves the question: what is it in an idealist's experience that gives rise to idealistic metaphysics? — Mongrel
Or could it besomething different? Could a metaphysical view be adopted because of medicinal value? A person becomes a physicalist because of childhood fears of ghosts. The fear is eased by assurance that the ghosts aren't real?
The idealist has a childhood fear of oblivion, and so must populate the world with immortal souls. — Mongrel
through such stuff as CBT, which really is a form of Western Buddhism... — Question
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