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Quote by: The Bacon Guy  Indeed so. However I think that, when speculating about the ability of the mind, it's more logical to assume that it is physical rather than that there is another mysterious force at work. We know that matter exists, but we would have to assume that this non-material force exists. | Well an idealist would say we know mind exists we do not know matter exists. We know our mind exists because we are thinking. We cannot prove matter exists because we only sense matter through mind. So our belief that matter exists only proves that the mind exists (that there is something that thinks matter exists) not that matter actually exists.
"...all life is an experiment. Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge." -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr |