This is the best argument for existentialism that I can think of.
"I don't believe in reality. It's just a bunch of chemical reactions."
[2013-Aug-15] Just chemical reactions
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MeisterKleister
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Re: [15-08-2013]Just chemical reactions
Don't you mean "I don't believe in free will"?Danes wrote:This is the best argument for existentialism that I can think of.
"I don't believe in reality. It's just a bunch of chemical reactions."
Not believing in reality has nothing to do with 'chemical reactions' or existentialism as far as I understand, but with solipsism.
Also, don't you mean "against existentialism" and not for?
Though I have to admit I'm still a bit confused as to what exactly 'existentialism' means, when people use it.
"Men educated in [the critical habit of thought] … are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and without pain." -William Graham Sumner
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Re: [15-08-2013]Just chemical reactions
Life lesson, folks. If you want to argue whether a word is being used correctly or not, make sure you know the definition of the word first.
Though you do have a point in that, as far as I know, existentialism does not question the existence of reality itself, just any meaning behind that reality.
Though you do have a point in that, as far as I know, existentialism does not question the existence of reality itself, just any meaning behind that reality.
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Re: [15-08-2013]Just chemical reactions
Seems like I learned something today. I guess the same argument can be used for, I don't know, pretty much everything.n. A philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.