Most people are realists (believe in an objective physical world), whether they would like to think they are or not. I mean, just out of practical necessity, one can't spend their whole lives thinking:
"What if this is a dream?" "What if I'm in the matrix" "What if this is an illusion?"
Sooner or later, "reality" would kick their butts. They would have to eat or work or sleep, etc.
So, wrapping all of this up, do you think it takes faith to complete reason? In other words, do you think we need to have faith that we are in a REAL, objective, reality, in order to simply live our lives day-to-day, even though we cannot PROVE it with 100% certitude? Faith that our senses truly tell us what is "out there", faith that we aren't being deceived in any way?
Without a beginning point of some kind, some given, wouldn't everything digress into an infinite regress?
Thoughts...
2007-09-10
11:04:57
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