Problems of Philosophy

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This reading is absolutely killing me and blowing my mind all at once. I have issues understanding all of what's being said, but it still makes me think super hard about what is actually real. The table thing from thursday already had my mind whirling a bit, but the stuff from chapter 7 REALLY got me; specifically, the Laws of Thought. The whole time reading through this I just kept thinking to myself "how do you know you're reading this". I know it'll become useful and more understanding as time goes on, but for now it's just making me question everything.

PS. I commented on Ethan and Zelda's posts.

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  1. Will BradyFebruary 5, 2018 at 11:26 PM

    Cogito ergo sum… Is it okay to say that Philosophy’s methods of getting you to question everything are okay and not okay at the same time? On the one hand, a dose of skepticism is healthy and keeps us as free thinkers. But at the same time, if you always question everything, will your mind be able to cope with the utter lack of absolutism in anything?

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  2. UnknownFebruary 5, 2018 at 11:51 PM

    You cannot know Bertrand Russell's "Problems of Philosophy" ITSELF, but you can know that the sense-data you receive from the reading is at least highly probable because knowledge is twofold; both empirical and a priori. I guess the real root question here is if universals are an actual thing or not... there was something about that the last couple of chapters in the reading. ;)

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