Skepdick wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:43 am
Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:34 am
Skepdick wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:18 am
Seems you failed to understand the first time.
A belief in
A mind-independent reality (singular!) is not the same thing as a belief in mind-independent realitie
S (plural!)
This indeterminacy around plurality - this inability to identify which reality you are in (from the set of All Possible Realities) is sufficient to manufacture all the usual philosophical nonsense. It gives you the absolute freedom to say whatever you want. About ANYTHING.
Which Reality are we in right now? The one in which the sky is blue; or the one in which the sky is red? How can you tell?
Which Reality are we in right now? The one in which murder is morally wrong; or the one in which murder is morally right? How can you tell?
I am fully aware of the issues.
As defined, the central criteria of what is philosophical realism is mind-independence from the human conditions regardless of how many realities that is speculated.
I don't agree with MWI.
Regardless it is still model dependent realism which ultimately cannot be absolutely independent of the human mind.
1. Ultimately, MWI is merely a speculation using human minds to speculate about realities that are independent of human minds- how else?? thus cannot be absolutely mind-independent.
2.Philosophical realism is claimed a reality or realities that is/are absolutely independent of human minds.
3. 1 and 2 just don't jive; there is a begging the question in 1.
Anti-philosophical realism [Kantian not others] don't give any credence to any speculation but firmly rely on empirical evidences as justified by science and reinforced with philosophical critical and rational thinking with the scientific and philosophical framework and system.
The absolute; or partial dependence or independence is a philosophical red herring.
The identification procedure is the missing piece.
There may exist Universes which are absolutely dependent on minds.
There may exists Universes which are partially dependent on minds.
There may exist Universes which are partially independent of minds.
There may exist Universes which are absolutely independent of minds.
Which universe are we in?
There may exist a universe in which you understand why the philosophical nonsense is irrelevant.
But it's not this universe.
The term "dependent" is very misleading.
Philosophical realism claim there is an absolute mind-independent reality [antirealist claim this is illusory] and MWI made it worse by speculating there are other mind-independent illusory realities.
Philosophical realist cannot even prove an existing mind-independent reality and MWI is trying to prove there are more illusory realities out there.
The only recourse to prove a mind-independent reality is via mirroring or corresponding what is observed with what is really real out there beyond the empirical world.
Philosophical anti-realists [Kantian] do not claim reality is 'dependent' on humans but rather they oppose and reject the ideological claims of philosophical realists.
Philosophical anti-realists [Kantian] claims, somehow and inevitably whatever the reality, it is related to the human conditions and CANNOT be absolutely independent of the human conditions especially as an ideology.
"There may exist Universes which are absolutely independent of minds."
This is an impossibility based on the views of philosophical anti-realists [Kantian].