Saturday, December 15, 2012

What Is There?

So, the semester is coming to a close. I suppose I wanted to talk about my understanding on reality and our perception. I am a bit of a fallibilist, so I am not really certain about the extent of the existence of the world outside ourselves. Still, for the sake of functioning with the life that I have, I operate within the world that I seem to operate in regardless of whether or not it actually exists.

I suppose I continue to operate with this theory as the foundation: my thoughts match my perceptions which may or may not match consensus perceptions which may or may not match reality. Actually, I am not sure (go figure) about the connection between my thoughts and my perception, given that my thoughts about my perception tell me that my perceptions may be entirely wrong even if it feels as though they are right. Oh Aramark! This is quite a mess. 

Still, I have an identity in this world, regardless of it's reality. It would definitely be sad if my identity was based entirely on a falsehood, but I am not really sure what to do about that. I am realizing this this particular post is going to end on a rather sour note. I will do my best to make the next (read: final) note happier

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