> > I certainly find it hard to believe you exist. > > Tom: > I dated a girl years ago who was an honors philosophy > graduate from Vassar. Whenever we got into a tiff she > used to prove that I didn't exist. > So, what does it mean to 'not exist'? Why wouldn't we exist in the future, if we existed in the past? If you existed in the past, why wouldn't you exist in the future? And, if you don't exist now, then who is it that is writing these words?
And how would anyone 'prove' that they don't exist? So many questions, Tom - so few answers. "Metaphysics is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics
