did learning and dtermining whether there existed an objective reality that existed independently from your self play a big role in philosophy? or was stuff like external world skepticism and solipsism just hypothetical philosophies that realy didnt play a significant role in anything.what are your opinions on those 2 subjects? arent they pretty much disregarded as false and farfetched subjects?
2007-03-20 15:47:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The discussion amongst philosophers regarding whether or not an objective reality exists independently from one's self has had a profound impact on the history of philosophy. Thinkers like Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant and many many others have wrestled with this idea and attempted to locate some truth regarding its mystery.
We as humans are not fully aware of how or why we are able to perceive things through our sensory organs or how this information comes to be percieved by us. While some may think it ridiculous to ask whether or not there is an existent world outside of our perceptions of it, failing to ask this question would leave large sections if philosophical inquiry unexamined. This act of questioning works to push thinkers to examine our assumptions regarding our experiences and to try to understand how exactly our perceptions work.
The important theme underlying much of the ink spilled over the objective reality question is how exactly human beings come to know things. Do our thoughts, ideas and perceptions come from something innate in our natures, or are they provided by perceptions of an external world? If thoughts are innate in us, where do they come from? If thoughts are given to us through experience, what is the nature of this perception, what faculty of our mind allows us to process this information and why do we process it in this way? In order to ask or begin to answer these questions, one must first establish if there exists a world external to us.
From a pragmatic point of view, it seems most useful to assume that there is an external world. However, questioning its existence is just one of the means which has allowed philosophers to explore many other important questions, only some of which are listed above.
2007-03-21 04:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by hypnoticduck45 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the discrepancy of the parallel paradox are equated by the balance of the inequality found within the superstructure of the double tier caste.
2007-03-20 23:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by jkk k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are disregarded ultimately in the cognitive sphere of transcendence which disregards them.
2007-03-20 23:02:39 · answer #3 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, it is just a stup..id question.
An objective reality exists, so do you. Think deeper you're OK.
Jonnie
2007-03-20 23:02:27 · answer #4 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋