> why not slide down the slope? where would it lead you?> That's what philosophical inquiry does. I think you are using this term in the context of Eastern philosophy where it is really a poor transplant as a concept IMO. You can use this term almost like poetry, but it was not meant as a perspective on our actual relationship with the world, only our epistemological confidence in our knowledge of it. It is seen as a pejorative in the context of psychology for good reason. This assumption can make a person non-functional in the world. I think by the time the concept is applied to descriptions of people who claim higher states of consciousness its usefulness is practically zero. The concept was not created for that purpose.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > It's just that you can't really settle the > > > pragmatic issues if solipsism is theoretically > > > possible. > > > > I'm not sure it was ever intended to be used as an actual possibility > > though. It is more like talking with a physicist about the math > used. > > The math isn't an end in itself in the context of physics. > Solipsism > > was never championed by anyone as an explanation for our life. It is > > more like the end of a slippery slope in a certain direction of > thinking. > > > why not slide down the slope? where would it lead you? >
