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A Philosophical Premise

Thu Oct 8, 2009, 3:35 PM
I took a Philosophy module for my Computer Science course because, well, I can. I attended the first lecture today and had a go at some philosophical logic to get me thinking:

I see a chair. I am relatively sure I'm in a sane frame of mind. Therefore I can conclude that the chair exists. However, that is purely a subjective view as the existence of the chair is dependant purely on my own experience. Therefore the chair is not proven to exist. I ask someone else whether they also see the chair. They do. Therefore I can conclude the chair exists. However, merely asking someone else or many people if they share my opinion of the chair's existence is a fallacious line of reasoning.

If we apply to the same logic to another scenario we can see why:

The Emperor is walking naked through the streets but believes he is wearing clothes of the finest thread. He asks everyone else and they agree that he is wearing magnificent clothes. Does this mean that he is wearing clothes? Not necessarily.

So if we ask many people whether the chair exists and they agree it doesn't necessarily mean the chair exists. The same argument can be applied to touching rather than seeing the chair or, in fact, any sense. It's all subjective. Therefore, how can we know anything exists, is real or is true?

We can't. Therefore we must simply accept certain things as true in order to make further arguments and reasoning. Since Philosophy is the asking of questions and the arguing of answers and everything is not necessarily true, is there a point to Philosophy? Not necessarily.

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:iconlolipopgi:
:iconteh-emo-sacplz: Come back to Dofus we all miss you :(

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I bought you a souvenir here. hohoho. you will love it. 8U
:iconfyorl:
The last person to say that to me was one of my friends who had just got back from China.

I got a vacuum-packed, marinated chicken foot 'snack'. Yum.
:iconzombiesmile:
I have something for your wall. ;D You must promise me to put it up. fufufufu!
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Congrats on being accepted into The Exchange. I look forward to being well and truly schooled by you and the others. 8D

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You know I took a another look over Dace and realized our characters in Desire were really similar. White hair, red eyes, murderous tendencies, and the first two letters of their names are the same. Kinda sad we couldn't have faced off there; would've been a kickass fight!

Anyway hope to see you in the Exchange!

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I was pretty bored of Dace by about Round 3, if you'll notice it's a pretty last-ditch attempt to make him interesting. I'm obviously still not happy I lost Round 4, and I agree, it would've made for some badass writing to face-off against your character but I'll do my best to get an audition up for the Exchange as the idea of writing for a new character (or three) is refreshing.
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Let's rock shall we?

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Hey there. :D Thanks a bunch for adding me to your watch list! >w< :heart:

Best of luck in Desire! :hug:
:iconfyorl:
I'm stalking your journal for news of another writing-based OCT, I fear I won't make it through this round :(

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