Posted by alexandra_k on May 9, 2005, at 18:49:04
In reply to Re: thanks- I feel less dumb (smile) (nm) » alexandra_k, posted by sunny10 on May 9, 2005, at 8:56:14
:-)
The first line is pretty much what the whole chapter is supposed to try and convince you of.
The idea is that there isn't any rational justification for your belief that there is an external world.
Or for the belief that the external world is anything like what it seems to you to be like.But then there also isn't any rational justification for the belief that there isn't an external world.
Or for the belief that the external world is nothing like what it seems to you to be like.IMO it shows us something about the limits of rationality.
And about how faith is something that operates here.
Though in the course of most peoples life we never really consider that1) Belief in the external world is a matter of faith
2) Belief that the world is fairly much like it seems to us to be is a matter of faithAnd it also teaches us something about the limits of certainty... And how most of our beliefs are evaluated for truth and falsity relative to a framework of background assumptions... And I've probably lost you again...
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