Esse est percipi?

[punkbass2000]

I think you guys need figure what it means to exist, first and foremost.

 

[Bartleby]

I'm pink, therefore I'm spam.

 

[angeleyes]

I think you guys need figure what it means to exist, first and foremost.

imo existence goes before giving meaning....> what you ask is impossible.

 

[punkbass2000]

Then what's the point of the question?

 

[angeleyes]

Then what's the point of the question?

It's about the existence of other people.

 

[punkbass2000]

If you don't know what "existence" is then I don't see how the subject makes any difference at all.

 

[angeleyes]

If you don't know what "existence" is then I don't see how the subject makes any difference at all.

according to the OP "existence" is being perceived, so "existence" only belongs to objects, not to subjects ........

 

[punkbass2000]

I give up.

 

[Fifty]

thetrooper is apparently gone until june, so I guess as far as we are concerned he won't exist until then!

 

[angeleyes]

I give up.

If we know what "existence" means, we know Absolute Truth!

 

[punkbass2000]

 

[Gogf]

If we know what "existence" means, we know Absolute Truth!

This seems to be something of a common misconception surrounding that thread. I don't think "absolute truth" means "knowing something with absolute certainty."

Anyway, "existence" is just a term that we're defining. We can assign it any meaning we want.