> On 20 Jun 2019, at 19:25, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Life's too short to spend it banging your head against a brick wall. > > > > Dr. Johnson? > > “After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of > Bishop Berkeley’s ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, > and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though > we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I > never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his > foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, ‘I > refute it thus.'” > > (Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson, quoted from Wikipedia.) > >
I called that the kicking-the-table argument. It has been refuted already by Plato with the dream argument. It begs the question, because it uses the Aristotelian criteria of reality (what we see, touch, etc.). Bruno > > > > @philipthrift > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/fa6ec88e-d3da-4bde-b9ec-71d23f9fa66f%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/fa6ec88e-d3da-4bde-b9ec-71d23f9fa66f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/A05C8428-021E-4A89-BCCF-43D1CCB8FE80%40ulb.ac.be.
