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by Anonymous on July 11th, 2011

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How do you determine what is and what isn't?

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  • by Cogito Ergo Sum 3.0 on September 20th, 2011

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    A very difficult question.

    An object exists if it doesn't have to be confirmed by the senses of organismes. For example: a stone exists (or maybe "a stone is").

    An object has multiple properties (like temperature, structure, colour), but the properties don't exist without the object. Red for example, can't exist without an object, because red is the result of an object that reflects certain waves of light. Conclusion; red doesn't exist.

    But we see colours. We observe them with our eyes. True. But let's say that a person is blind. Blind people don't grasp the meaning of "colour". We can't explain what a colour is. If you put a red stone in a blind man's hands, he can say: "This stone is hard, soft, hot, cold..." but he can't say: "This stone is red", although the stone is. So who is right?

    A statement can be more or less right. For example: "the Earth is round", which is correct. But: "the Earth is the third planet, seen from the Sun, has a average temperature of 18°C, has an atmosphere...", is also correct.

    So I come to the conclusion that objects exist, that the properties of those objects can be (a part of a truth, based on the fact of a statement is more or less right) and that some things can only be (or exist) if logics conclude this. Easier said, God, heaven, love, ... could exist, but it is not necessarily (or short said: what isn't).

    P.S. The problem of determination is very difficult. Aristotles, Plato, Descartes... have also struggled with this question. And up to now, there isn't a satisfying answer.

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