Ahmed@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoCan things exist without anyone being aware of their existence?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareCan things exist without anyone being aware of their existence?Ahmed@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareAhmed@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI know this example, but I want to see what people think from their own point of view. Like,Do things exist independently of our awareness of them?
minus-squareFriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoBUT IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED OVER THIS ISSUE. SO THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE ANSWER.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoYes they do. Otherwise we would never discover anything. Unless one would mean that the people who have discovered everything that has ever been discovered were also the creators of those things. And that seems far-fetched.
minus-squaresetfacl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThis morning I met a man I had never seen before. I was not aware of him. Are you asking me if I think he existed before I met him?
I know this example, but I want to see what people think from their own point of view. Like,Do things exist independently of our awareness of them?
BUT IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED OVER THIS ISSUE. SO THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE ANSWER.
Yes they do. Otherwise we would never discover anything. Unless one would mean that the people who have discovered everything that has ever been discovered were also the creators of those things. And that seems far-fetched.
This morning I met a man I had never seen before. I was not aware of him. Are you asking me if I think he existed before I met him?