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René Descartes' and Wittgenstein Doubt: Self and the Existence of Others?
Can one doubt their own existence in the world while simultaneously doubting the existence of others? If one's being isn't present because they aren't present themselves, wouldn't that make it ...
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Private language argument as an argument against the self and so egosim
��The words of this language are to refer to what only the speaker can
know — to his immediate private sensations. So another person cannot
understand the language.”... Immediately after introducing ...
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Wittgenstein and Husserl
If Wittgenstein's Tractatus is right that:
He must surmount these propositions; then he sees the world rightly. (TLP 6.54).
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. (TLP 7).
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Viciously circular arguments against philosophy
Science seeks to explain natural events with natural causes. The
Turing hypothesis does this. Beyond the bounds of science, there is no
objective argument for anything really, just philosophical ...
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Intentionality: Object directed vs. 'As if in the presence of an object'
A philosophical project of mine depends on an assertion which at first seems problematic, but one that I believe is correct.
Background
Following Husserl, modern philosophy is in accord that the ...
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