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No, Experience is forced upon you, it is neither an assumption or something discovered through reason. Additionally, words like "real", "exists" or "reality" o
by ethn 8y ago
No, Experience is forced upon you, it is neither an assumption or something discovered through reason.
Additionally, words like "real", "exists" or "reality" only have meaning in this way, otherwise it would be impossible to understand them since understanding is only through terms of experience.
However, it's important to note that idealists aren't naive realists, they acknowledge that what they see is created by their own sensory organs. That is, there is the not-object that cannot be discussed or learned about further than the knowledge obtained from the negative predicate of the object—hence why you can only see one side of a coin or why your experience can change through hallucinatory drugs.
The not-object is also necessary for communication between individuals, where the inter-subjective experience must be mapped to do so.
- smallnamespace 8y ago> Experience is forced upon you, it is neither an assumption or something discovered through reason. Why? That claim must be justified by reference to other truths, or taken itself as an assumption. So doesn't the trilemma still apply, but at one more remove? Note that 'assumption' does not necessarily mean an arbitrary statement, but includes statements that we consider self-evident, e.g. 'something exists'.
- omon 8y agoIt doesn't have to be explained why, it is. The why would be a separate question requiring reasoning. Things can be true without an explanation as to why they happen. It's not an assumption as experience is not a choice, in fact experience is a prerequisite to then be able to assume (as well as to reason).