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So much of it comes down to what exactly you mean by exist. Which ultimately ends up being a boring disagreement. People can have bigger or smaller definitio
by colechristensen 4y ago
So much of it comes down to what exactly you mean by exist. Which ultimately ends up being a boring disagreement. People can have bigger or smaller definitions of what it means and then have passionate disagreements with each other about what fits inside which are ultimately about nothing but how big a person prefers their definition.
- Koshkin 4y agoSure, there are many ways in which something may not exist; but the existence usually demonstrates itself in a pretty straightforward way, like with the horse who bites you if you show her that you have no more apples left.
- ogogmad 4y agoLook up intuitionistic logic and constructivism to see why existence can have a weaker or stronger meaning depending on the foundations of mathematics.
- colechristensen 4y agoThen you're painting yourself as one who has a certain definition of exist and can't imagine other definitions who would participate in such discussions unwittingly about differences in definition rather than the subject matter.
- Koshkin 4y agoBut it is existence that is the subject matter.
- jhanschoo 4y ago> but the existence usually demonstrates itself in a pretty straightforward way, like with the horse who bites you if you show her that you have no more apples left. I'm not sure what you are trying to say, but existence has many liminal cases. There's a rich tradition of ontologists trying to get at a good definition of existence.