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MonisticIdealist

['Member']Joined: August 05, 2019 at 16:50Last active: June 07, 2020 at 22:561 discussions12 comments

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In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
My argument literally ruled out everyone of those except Solipsism.
June 02, 2020 at 02:51
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
Please read that again you are very confused. I asked what options would be left if Physical Realism were false. Every single one you mentioned assume...
June 02, 2020 at 02:50
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
Xtrix, You don't know what consciousness is? Weird. It it literally why you believe anything exists at all. Anyway, I defined it already, but here it ...
June 02, 2020 at 02:10
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
You know how to put two and two together right Banno?
June 02, 2020 at 00:30
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
The world is real. It's a real mental world that we perceive AS physical across 5 sensory modalities.
June 01, 2020 at 17:32
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
The simplest explanation? Mentality exists, our human experiences can all flow from this. Violation of simplicity? Mentality exists PLUS some ontologi...
May 31, 2020 at 22:47
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
Just checking back, I will address some people's responses. Solipsism? First off, the argument was never "only my experience is real" that's a straw-m...
May 31, 2020 at 22:38
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
No, a perception is not the totality of consciousness. I can have an empirical perception, at the same time someone hallucinates. Consciousness has di...
May 29, 2020 at 02:28
In: Metaphysical Idealism: The Only Coherent Ontology  — view comment
A perception is a state of consciousness, just like a thought, a dream etc. So it's completely true.
May 29, 2020 at 02:19
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
Just a brain? It would not be like anything as it's just arrangements of particle-bundles. Brains have to be accomplished by consciousness. And it wou...
May 29, 2020 at 02:02
In: Where do you think consciousness is held?  — view comment
Consciousness isn't held, it is what holds.
May 29, 2020 at 01:53
In: Does consciousness = Awareness/Attention?  — view comment
The best definition of consciousness in my view involves what Philosopher Thomas Nagel mentioned in his paper in 1974 (“What Is It Like To Be A Bat?”)...
August 05, 2019 at 17:07
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