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Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:05 pm
by buket
Have you read the book "why the world does not exist" by Markus Gabriel? What do you think about the book?
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:04 pm
by Harbal
buket wrote:Have you read the book "why the world does not exist" by Markus Gabriel?
No
What do you think about the book?
I just said: I haven't read it.
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:15 pm
by Philosophy Explorer
buket wrote:Have you read the book "why the world does not exist" by Markus Gabriel? What do you think about the book?
If the world doesn't exist, then you must not exist. But if you don't exist, that must mean the world exists.
PhilX
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:50 pm
by henry quirk
Didn't read the book, but did read an interview with philosopher.
He defines 'world', best I can tell, in a peculiar way, as domains of perception or thinking, and since these domains are purely local there can't be an overarching 'world', or somesuch.
Me: I think he's over-thunk it.
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:54 am
by Dalek Prime
Harbal wrote:buket wrote:Have you read the book "why the world does not exist" by Markus Gabriel?
No
What do you think about the book?
I just said: I haven't read it.
Re:
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:04 pm
by buket
henry quirk wrote:Didn't read the book, but did read an interview with philosopher.
He defines 'world', best I can tell, in a peculiar way, as domains of perception or thinking, and since these domains are purely local there can't be an overarching 'world', or somesuch.
Me: I think he's over-thunk it.
So can we say that he denies a particular definition of the world?
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:43 pm
by henry quirk
Seems to me, instead, he's defining the world in a peculiar way (local, perceptual, mebbe piecemeal)...as I say, I've only read an interview with guy, not his book, so I may be off the mark.
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:38 pm
by Impenitent
did someone interview his book?
-Imp
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:09 pm
by henry quirk
Smartass.
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:22 pm
by buket
[quote="Impenitent"]did someone interview his book?
-Imp[/quote
Yep and here is a video he talks about his book:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzvesGB_TI0
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:40 pm
by HexHammer
One must lack basic intellect if one wants to waste time on such idiotic nonsense and babble..
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:50 pm
by buket
HexHammer wrote:One must lack basic intellect if one wants to waste time on such idiotic nonsense and babble..
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:41 pm
by Dubious
As in so much of speculative thought, philosophy or denoted as such, is mostly engineered by a juxtaposition of semantics to devise 'new' positions.
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:01 pm
by buket
Dubious wrote:As in so much of speculative thought, philosophy or denoted as such, is mostly engineered by a juxtaposition of semantics to devise 'new' positions.
What do you mean by new positions?
Re: Why the World Does Not Exist
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:32 pm
by Dubious
buket wrote:Dubious wrote:As in so much of speculative thought, philosophy or denoted as such, is mostly engineered by a juxtaposition of semantics to devise 'new' positions.
What do you mean by new positions?
...the recalibration of prior ideas to invoke different perspectives or new ideas if you like if such are even possible.