My theory is that we don't have enough existing knowledge. Until we can explain every quirk in the atmosphere from the beginning of time, we don't have enough knowledge to say what will happen next. C02 has been here forever.
What does make logical sense to me, however, is that this sounds exactly like every other scare the media has come up with. Africanized bees, El Nino, Y2K, etc. Every single one of these has turned out to be nothing at all. Every scientist I've ever talked to doesn't think anything of global warming. It's just the media that's hyping it. It has nothing to do with any philosophy, since we don't know enough about anything to decide based on philosophy. It's just from my personal experiences.
Re: No Reality Outside Our Own Existence
Child of the Light wrote:I read Decartes' opinion on this and I have never been more indifferent to anything else in my entire life. Anyone have any strong opinions on this?
Decartes was an oddball.
Re: No Reality Outside Our Own Existence
Ameth A. Morgana wrote:Decartes was an oddball.
Well, I think that pretty much decides the issue. What is left to be said after that stunning logical tour de force?
Well I guess he was an oddball in that he was a genius, setting major problems for future philosophy, especially his pernicious mind-body split. He was the Supreme Dualist.
I would prefer the term, supersensational to supernatural, except that it sounds like an advertisement. Kant sucks? Is that Ayn Rand speaking?
JLNobody wrote:I would prefer the term, supersensational to supernatural, except that it sounds like an advertisement. Kant sucks? Is that Ayn Rand speaking?
I consider the supernatural a necessary realm to explain the universe, but I don't consider that what we see is anything other than reality.
Objectivists don't support Kant{particularly wrt to existence}, but I'm just a humble philosopher who has been influenced by "some" objectivist epistemology.
