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I believe Wittigstein said it best: philosophical paradoxes (if a tree falls in forest with no one around to hear it, does it make a noise?) are just word play,
by 1996 8y ago
I believe Wittigstein said it best: philosophical paradoxes (if a tree falls in forest with no one around to hear it, does it make a noise?) are just word play, due to the inconsistencies of human language.
Adequate language or computer code makes them go away. You are not blind without glasses - you can distinguish shapes and remember the shape of the room and where you may have left glasses and probe with your hand to find them.
You are not comatose without coffee - you are conscious, and take coffee just to feel more alert.
And so on, that with the right language (but it is easier to do that with mathematics or code) the paradox goes away. Like the Zeno paradox with calculus.
- justifier 8y agoi'd say planck did more for zeno than calculus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe
- s-shellfish 8y agoNo, paradoxes exist for people in real life. Study zen buddhism, if you want evidence.
- 1996 8y agoI did study, at length. Maybe too much. But I found no evidence and dropped many aspect of religion from my life. Care to give me some examples?
- s-shellfish 8y agohttp://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=1714 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=1714
- 1996 8y agoNot a paradox for a buddhist. Answering will make him open his mouth and lose his grip. Thinking about answering will cause the want, and the suffering as he can not answer without forfeiting his life. The answer is unthinking- as in meditation, clear thoughts from the mind. It is designed to show how the right answer is no answer, in both senses! With the proper understanding, there is no paradox. I agree with you that noticing a potential paradox is sometimes a souce of inspiration to learn, mostly when you can not show the way and when it must come by self discovery. I do not know how familiar you are with Buddhism. If you want to keep learning, ask yourself: if Kyogen was asked 3 times, would he change his "answer" ?
- s-shellfish 8y agoIt's hard to unthink a thought when it's transcribed online. > If Kyogen was asked 3 times, would he change his answer? Probably depends on some stuff I don't have the awareness yet for.
- 1996 8y agoKnowing when we lack awareness is knowledge itself, and this is a very correct answer! Good luck with your study of buddhism!
- s-shellfish 8y agoWe always lack some awareness. Knowing the difference is sometimes not knowing.