Re: Sometimes I really do wonder...
Posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2024-July-13 12:04:00, SaturdayIn reply to Sometimes I really do wonder... posted by Etenne on 2024-July-13 11:44:25, Saturday
|
if you have some sort of deficit in you ability to think abstractly. I am perfectly able to think abstractly, thanks. Abstract thinking is the ability to understand concepts that are real, such as emotions and feelings or vulnerability, but which are not directly tied to concrete physical objects and experiences. The fact that emotions and feelings are real, that is, a person is definitely feeling the emotions and feelings, does not mean that someone who sees a unicorn is actually seeing a unicorn. If a person hallucinates a unicorn, and feels incredibly happy about it, then the feeling of happiness is real, but there is still no "personal truth" or "their truth" where unicorns really do exist. The fact that feelings can happen without apparent connection to concrete physical objects is not evidence for "their truth". They are still incorrect to believe that unicorns exist, or that they saw a unicorn You also tend to discount the internal as not being real because it is unprovable except through empathy. This is a lie. I have never discounted the internal as not being real. I have said, multiple times, emotions are real. What I have said is that, just because you feel something to be true, does not make it true, no matter how "real" or strong the feeling is. |
Follow ups: