This sort of question makes you want to evaluate your sanity. Do other people believe they are here because they think they are, or is it something else?
2006-08-11 10:31:20 · 15 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
are you an extestensialist?
2006-08-11 10:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You exist, period. We intuitively know we exist even before we think about it. We don't derive our existence by thinking about it.
You cannot think if you don't exist because your body, your brain, and the mind that works through it, would not exist. We experience existence only through our bodies. And we know we exist because other people acknowledge our existence.
Anyway, what practical use would doubting the reality of the world or the self have? You still have to go to work, and live, and eat, and drive...You can't think like that and live at the same time.
2006-08-12 02:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by ELI 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 4 Agreements, a Toltec Wisdom Book says that we are in a dream, awake or resting. Hummmmmmm
2006-08-11 17:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by nanbeloved 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wonder this all the time when I am at work doing something really monotonous. It becomes automatic and I do it without thinkign and it's like I'm watching myself working while thinking of other things
2006-08-11 17:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth lies in the eyes of the beholder. I believe I exist. Therefore, I do. Also, if I didn't, then nothing else could exist. There would be nothing. Get it?
2006-08-11 17:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by cadence_lost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often i get dizzy and have a feeling that i don't feel alive!I don't know why but I do believe that the human mind is very powerful and can control things that we don't even know!
2006-08-11 18:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by lace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, me and my good friend Rene Descartes believe that it ultimately comes down to being because you think you do, key words being You Think.
2006-08-12 20:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by The!AcademyIs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether you think you exist or not, you exist. (On the psych ward, many people think they are invisible or not "here," but I still see them!). (Hey, YOU, I see you; yes, it is time to bathe now!). If you believe you are somewhere else, but you are here, you are still here, whether I believe you are here or not. Mental confusion does not alter physical reality.
2006-08-11 17:38:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I think I am here because I think i am. And you are there because I think you are there.
2006-08-11 17:35:40 · answer #9 · answered by dreamer123 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Descartes had it backwards. " I think, therefore I am". Should be, "I am, therefore, I think.". Think about that!! You cannot think before you can exist, there for you must exist, or be here, before you can conceptualize the concept of existence or thinking.
2006-08-11 17:41:56 · answer #10 · answered by rb_cubed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're only here because I think you are. When I forget about you, then you will cease to exist.......don't forget to write ;)
2006-08-11 17:57:53 · answer #11 · answered by Tower of T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋