kitesandtrainsandcats wrote:
Something I have wondered for decades, How come Descartes didn't say "I am, therefore I think"?
He meant that the fact that he thinks is evidence or proof that he is.
I'm not a Cartesian. My metaphysics is an Idealism, a Non-Realist Idealism, Eliminative Ontic Structural Non-Reallism. I've named it "Skepticism".
I consider it to qualify as a version of India's Vedanta, because it has in common with them, some basic aspects, conclusions and consequences. It doesn't match the details of any of the three usual versions of Vedanta, but they differ greatly from eachother too.
My metaphysics is discussed at the most recent end of the Physics and Reality discussion-thread, at this Politics, Philosophy and Religion forum.
Michael829
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