10-22-2015, 10:43 PM
(10-22-2015, 05:44 PM)The_Tired_Philosopher Wrote: Just a contemplation I had recently.
Anyone wish to share how they can prove they're real?
(10-22-2015, 06:01 PM)IndigoGeminiWolf Wrote: "I think therefore I am"
But who is doing the thinking?
I really like that quote by Descartes that gemini shared here. Your awareness that you exist is the most fundamental a priori realization one can have. In fact, it is one of the few things you cannot doubt. If you were not real, how could you be aware? While one can speculate upon the mortality or immortality of the fact in question, you cannot doubt that you really do subjectively feel an awareness of existing. It is intrinsic.
But then the next question is: what is this awareness of existence? If I had to characterize the difference, metaphysically, between the 8th density and the 7th density it would be this: 7th density = "I AM". 8th density = "AM".
Or perhaps you mean real in some other sense than the ontological?