King@blackneon.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhy do you personally believe in your religion?message-squaremessage-square143linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down19
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhy do you personally believe in your religion?King@blackneon.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square143linkfedilink
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoIt doesn’t take philosophical weeds to consider the possibility of Sun being just a lamp in the sky, or people around you not being real
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThe sun can be a large lamp. That’s still real.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoIs it the Sun as we know it, though? And how can we be sure the lamp is actually there, and not simulation/imagination/trick of our eyes or brain?
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoBack to Solipsism. Anything can be argued in the ways you mention, eliminating all possible knowledge of both self and reality. A non productive dead end of philosophy.
It doesn’t take philosophical weeds to consider the possibility of Sun being just a lamp in the sky, or people around you not being real
The sun can be a large lamp. That’s still real.
Is it the Sun as we know it, though? And how can we be sure the lamp is actually there, and not simulation/imagination/trick of our eyes or brain?
Back to Solipsism. Anything can be argued in the ways you mention, eliminating all possible knowledge of both self and reality. A non productive dead end of philosophy.