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> 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 tr
by 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).