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Old Apr 15, 2008, 04:40 pm   #43 (permalink) (top)
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The only reason people speak of the cosmos as though it exists is because we infer from experience that it exists. I don't see why theoretical realities beyond the cosmos deserve special consideration. If there is a world beyond the world, then I will only have reason to speak of it as real when I am there or when it obviously effects this world I am in right now.
Most idealist philosophers say the transcendent world influences the visible world. They do not postulate a total disconnect from the world but rather, in many cases, say that the world of understanding in none other than the transcendent world.


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