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Uploaded by on Nov 3, 2008

A brief tour of the issues of existence

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  • Can total nonexistence exist, can it even exist conceptually, and can it ever be understood by beings of perception?

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  • While I still don't agree, I lack the where with all to counter that statement at the moment. Thanks for showing me an area of study to further. Have a pleasant day.

  • All empirical knowledge is the same in essence. The only difference is in the details. Wisdom and philosophy aren't interested in the details, but deal with the broader issues, and so these don't change. They just need to be understood.

  • How can the three be independent? Wisdom, as I understand, is the ability to apply knowledge. How does philosophy not advance, or at least change to better suit the time and place? Surely new questions arise from the contemplation of the new knowledge.

  • Scientific knowledge grows, yes, but not wisdom - and not philosophic understanding.

  • Who's to say what a few wise men said is all there is to say? Knowledge seems to have a trend of growing with the passage of time. Why stop and say "You've reached the peak." when the fog of accomplishment is hiding the infinite climb to "enlightenment" or attempted understanding?

  • Isn't it all just linguistic semantics?

    When yous aid "REALLY exists" I think we all realized what you meant. No sane person believes that numbers REALLY exist either.

    Sure there are ways to fool the mind with linguistic trickery, but does that have any influence over what REALLY exists?

  • Academic philosophers are people who ask questions that wise men answered thousands of years ago.

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