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I don't see what makes them silly. Metaphysics is hard, and speculative realism is a proposed answer to modern transcendental idealism stemming from Kant, where
by goatlover 3y ago
I don't see what makes them silly. Metaphysics is hard, and speculative realism is a proposed answer to modern transcendental idealism stemming from Kant, where the worry is that we can't say objective things about the world independent of human thought. Things like dinosaurs existing before humans evolved is seen as correlated to our experiences with fossils in the ground, and not an objective truth about the universe. Speculative realism is a way around that while respecting the philosophical arguments of the Kantians.
- mannykannot 3y agoOur mental experiences seem to be subjective, so what prospect is there of making any objective statement about the world if correlations are inadequate for the purpose?
- goatlover 3y agoI think the argument is that it can't just be correlations because then we get stuck in the framework of the world looks as if things were going on before humans existed without being able to say that's true. Realists want to be able to say there are fossils in the ground because dinosaurs really did exist before us and not just that it appears that way to humans. Thus the speculative part of how to define reality in a way that isn't just correlated to our experiences.