Sunday, December 28, 2008

Empirical Reality or Objective Reality:


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Which Reality IS Real?
The philosophy of the slave vs the philosophy of the budding master.
Empirical Reality: Truth is what you can prove through perception.
Objective Reality: Truth is true whether you perceive it or not.
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Empirical Proof or Objective Reality?

Empirical Example: 1 + 1= 2

Objective Example: 1 + 1 = 3

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

objective reality.. thank god. or i'd be forever trapped in other people's perceptions.

Castaway said...

well, there are situations when 1+1=3 ... you can see that in your own home

(*'-')

Me said...

cute ... why don't you try it out for yourself?

Castaway said...

been thinking about that hard recently. i certainly could use the tax breaks.

Castaway said...

sorry i just had to say this.. the word verification this time is "bless"!!!!!!!!!!!! Of all the letters...

BLESS YOU!


Where is Augustine's "City on the Hill" and who lives there?
And perhaps more importantly: How do they live - with each other?

不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆 (孫子)

(If you don't know yourself and if you don't know your enemy,
then you are in for a world of hurt!)


γνῶθι σεαυτόν (Δελφοί)

“I couldn’t imagine this ... world.
Hell is so big and dark and heaven is so small." HJM

"the U.S. has a little manifest destiny over here,
and a little more manifest destiny over there..."

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How About a Bill of Responsibilities Rather Than A Bill of Rights

What if we chose the wrong religion?
Each week we'd just make God madder and madder.