Thursday, January 29, 2009

think about it... *kudos to jeynus*

I was inspired to make this entry after reading a few pages of some philosophy tracts and I got some of its ideas here, so here goes...

We all know everybody is going on with their lives minding their own business's trying to have a good future and soon have an early retirement. But what if we do not actually exist, what if we are figments of a higher being's dreams or imaginations. I mean its not impossible, ask yourself "do I really exist?, and if I do why?"
I don't wanna act all philosophical and all, but when you think about it, it ain't that far fetched... one example, we can say "dude is hungry" and "dude is running" yes it would be some news to people not in dude's vicinity but when we say dude exists it would be news to no one who knew dude, and merely puzzling to anyone who did not. Again, we know what it is like to be hungry or to walk, but what is it like to exist, what kind of experience is that? Is it perhaps the experience of being oneself, of being identical with oneself? Yet again, we can readily indicate what is meant by Dudes walking, but surely dude's existing is not something we can indicate to anyone. On the face of it, there would seem to be no way at all in which we can explain what existing is.

3 comments:

  1. according to mah philo teacher: "i think therefore i exist." actually, quoted from rene descartes' "i think therefore i am." its thru thinking that we can prove our existence XD

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  2. it only shows that people nowadays would care only for themselves and will just probably use US for their selfish ambition. Depends on the person of course.

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  3. naay nagphilo karon na sem ai... hehe

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