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and is very far removed from common sense.

so the idea cannot be disproven by common sense and logic. can it therefore be deemed as irrefutable?

is this why solipsism and cartesian skepticism cant be disproved?

2007-03-30 11:51:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Well solipsism and cartesian skepticism are NOT incoherent. Also, they follow very logically from their assumptions to the conclusion.
They can, however, be 'disproved', and many philosophers have offered various arguments against them.

I like the quote from Pascal: 'too vague to be false and too vague to be useful.'
In my opinion, If i cant DO SOMETHING with some theory, like say build an airplane or buy a cup of coffee, I dont care one bit about it, and wouldnt bother to disprove it... Its a sort of logical positivism mixed with Charles Peirce Utilitarianism.

2007-03-30 12:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

This sentence is incoherent.

Man make man can remove when when be.

Is there really anything that can be proven? The goal of solipsism and cartesian skepticism is a philosophy that shows that things that appear real might not be real. It is coherent, and can't be disproven. But it doesn't mean that I believe it.

2007-03-30 19:53:19 · answer #2 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0 0

If any idea is necessarily incoherent, and the universe is coherent, then the idea is de facto incorrect.

2007-03-30 12:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by jtrusnik 7 · 0 0

It proves you are alot smarter than anyone else.

2007-03-30 11:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Garret Tripp 3 · 0 0

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