Tommorrow I am debating my friend on the toping If i exist or not. I am saying that i exist and am real and my friend is saying that i do not exist and am not real. I need some points and pointers to help. Any ideas or suggestions?
Any Contribution will be helpful.
Thankyou.
2007-06-19 03:28:55 · 10 answers · asked by Maxim Tommani 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It's all relative to your own perception. I had a friend who used to ponder the same thing and it doesn't really make sense. Since it is your own perception/reality that you are experiencing, your friend would not exist because it's your consciousness that is taking in the external stimuli. You can not remove yourself from your own reality so your friend is merely a part of your own reality. This makes him the one that possibly is "not real."
Still, this is a wacky way to think. Cool, nonetheless, if you're stoned.
2007-06-19 03:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am, therefore, I exist. If your friend is right, there will be no debate. Whether you exist is not germane to the point for reality is in the eye of the beholder. If you exist in their reality, then you exist. I'd rather have your side of the debate than your friend's because his stance would have to be that when he closes his eyes, his existence ceases. Good luck!
2007-06-19 10:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do exist otherwise your friend would not be able to have the debate with you. Otherwise you could say if you don't exist than your friend must not exist either if they are having a debate with someone who doesn't exist.
2007-06-19 10:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by icemunchies 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does the word Exist mean? This is verbal masturbation. We observe, feel, create and love. If you think to "Exist" is something more then that, then maybe the word isn't useful in this reality.
Peace.
2007-06-19 10:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by Alright22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you able to make a verifyable impact on you surroundings? Do you have mass and take up space? Can you be photographed/ recorded? What other scientifice equipment can you use to record your presence? Are you an anomoly or a provable common occurence?
2007-06-19 10:33:05 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess Nikki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If I did not exist, would I be standing here now debating with you?"lol I think you have the easy part, your friend has the hard part..Your friend should be the one on Yahoo Answers.lol I love debating at school...
2007-06-19 10:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by BiGHEAD :D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'i think therefore i am' - try that one- some famous philosopher that i can't remember his name right now said it. google it and you'll find it.
yeah descartes- thats him. i think what he was on about is that we know we exist because we have consciousness that asks such a question. if you are asking whether you exist, then you do.
2007-06-19 10:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by clairebear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to read some Descartes.
2007-06-19 10:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If something doesn't exist, how can you see it, and sense it with your senses?
2007-06-19 10:32:32 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punch him in the face. If it hurts, you're real.
2007-06-19 10:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by Friendly Neighborhood Apathiest 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋