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There is no way Kant was or would have been an Indirect Realist. Kant was the founder and introduced the term 'realism' into philosophy. To Kant, both direct realism and indirect realism [absolutely mind-independent reality] are taboo to him. Abstract Realism takes many forms. The aim of this paper ...

Whoa. Who says that existence has anything to do with the existence of the mind? I think existence is physical or nothing. And if the mind and perception are physical, then the claim that perception has to be 'indirect' is incoherent. So we can ignore the direct/indirect realism issue. As an antire...

It is impossible for "things that just are the case" to exists as things-in-themselves... First there is no fixed mind-independent reality. Reality is always changing in relation to the human realization of reality. There is no mind independent reality-as-it-is... The antirealist [Kantian...

"Mathematics nuances"? :lol: Do carry on. That is, mathematics is fundamentally grounded on human consensus implicitly. No, it isn't. 2+2=4, regardless of how many people agree or disagree. That's reality. Are you sure? 2 + 2 = 4 is only mathematically true, i.e. contingent within the rul...

Sculptor wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 12:39 pm Typical antopomorphic delusion.
No wonder you talk such bollocks on moralty. This explains it all.

See my above explanation above on why the OP is critical for humanity's progress.

No Humans = No Human-based Reality Talk about truisms :lol: I should have added to the above "truism." No Humans = No absolutely human-based independent Reality out there. but there is a lot of nuances to it to be deliberated philosophically; If the above is not true, then the belief is, ...

Here are four metaphysical assertions - assertions about reality. 1 We humans have to perceive, know and describe reality in human ways. 2 There is no reality beyond the ways we humans perceive, know and describe it. 3 Humans enable reality to emerge, then to be realized as real and then cognized, ...

VA thinks my version of his P1 - 'we humans have to perceive, know and describe reality in human ways' - misrepresents it. And he denies the conclusion 'therefore, humans generate facts'. Instead, it's a 'system' that takes in inputs and generates outputs - conditioned facts, within a framework. So...

But we corrected the opinion that the sun orbits a flat earth, by finding out the fact of the matter - something that just is the case - the thing you say is a delusion. As I had argued, human relied on the human-based science-astrological FSERC to confirm the Earth orbits the Sun. Without humans, ...

Notes: I have already raised my threads to argue that Humans are the Co-creator of the reality they are in. Humans are the Co-Creator of Reality They are In create https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISdBAf-ysI0 AL-Khalili https://forum.philosophynow.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31180 Humans are the Co-C...

Notes: KIV

The only reality is a human-based reality. It is delusional to reify ideologically, a reality beyond a human-based reality. This is driven by an evolutionary default that generate desperate psychology. Btw, antirealists [Kantian] do recognize in one perspective, there is a reality that is human or m...

Hmmm...you're not a very good reader, are you? :? It does not say "there must be a starting cause," or anything like that, though indeed the conclusion shows that there would have to be. But that's only in the conclusion, not P1. P1 says that an actual infinite regress of causes cannot ex...

The basic is very simple: Premise 1: an actual infinite regress of causes cannot exist, because in an infinite regress, the causal chain never starts, but rather "recedes" into a supposed infinite past. (Mathematical and deductive) Premise 2: the universe is a product of a chain of causes...

The basic is very simple: Premise 1: an actual infinite regress of causes cannot exist, because in an infinite regress, the causal chain never starts, but rather "recedes" into a supposed infinite past. (Mathematical and deductive) Premise 2: the universe is a product of a chain of causes...