The One And Only Absolute Truth.

[Mellowmarsh]

IS...revealed in the statement  ''I think therefore I am'' - Attributed to Rene Descartes in 1637  

That statement is the 'Absolute Truth'  that is attributed to every human being on the planet.  I am therefore I exist.

Everything else is just linguistics conceived of thought.  

It signifies that the act of thinking is proof of one's existence, as one cannot doubt one's existence while still thinking.

[Joseph Maynor]

I see it the other way around, maybe: I Am therefore thinking occurs.

[Mellowmarsh]

Either which way, matters not. Existence cannot be denied, refuted or negated as being non-existence.

[Joseph Maynor]

What is Existence?

[Someone here]

3 minutes ago, Mellowmarsh said:

 Existence cannot be denied, refuted or negated as being non-existence.

Stop thinking "existence " and there Is no such thing as existence. 

Also open your mouth and say : existence doesn't exist. 

Anytime. 

[Mellowmarsh]

2 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Stop thinking "existence " and there Is no such thing as existence. 

Also open your mouth and say : existence doesn't exist. 

Anytime. 

Here, we have a fine example of 'Linguistics' in action.

[Mellowmarsh]

4 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

What is Existence?

An idea.

[Joseph Maynor]

4 minutes ago, Mellowmarsh said:

An idea.

I don't mean to press you, but what is an idea or thought?

[Mellowmarsh]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

I don't mean to press you, but what is an idea or thought?

I've no idea.

[Someone here]

12 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

What is Existence?

You ,silly .

[Someone here]

13 minutes ago, Mellowmarsh said:

Here, we have a fine example of 'Linguistics' in action.

Cute.

[James123]

1 hour ago, Mellowmarsh said:

IS...revealed in the statement  ''I think therefore I am'' - Attributed to Rene Descartes in 1637  

That statement is the 'Absolute Truth'  that is attributed to every human being on the planet.  I am therefore I exist.

Everything else is just linguistics conceived of thought.  

It signifies that the act of thinking is proof of one's existence, as one cannot doubt one's existence while still thinking.

Who is saying that? Why there is a need to to say?

[LastThursday]

2 hours ago, Mellowmarsh said:

It signifies that the act of thinking is proof of one's existence, as one cannot doubt one's existence while still thinking.

Cogito ergo sum

ChatGPT says:

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Modern readers often mishear the Cogito as:

“I reason, therefore I exist”

That is not what Descartes meant.

A more accurate paraphrase would be:

“There is experience occurring; therefore something exists that is experiencing.”

Or even more minimally:

“Experiencing is happening; therefore existence is undeniable.”

 

That connects existence directly to the act of experiencing.

[Mellowmarsh]

58 minutes ago, James123 said:

Who is saying that? Why there is a need to to say?

Saying is just happening.

Why, why there is a need for this forum?

[Mellowmarsh]

32 minutes ago, LastThursday said:

Cogito ergo sum

ChatGPT says:

That connects existence directly to the act of experiencing.

Absolutely.

[James123]

9 minutes ago, Mellowmarsh said:

Saying is just happening.

Why, why there is a need for this forum?

Saying is just saying. Claiming is giving meaning.

Who says there is a need for this forum? Let it shut down.

[Mellowmarsh]

1 hour ago, James123 said:

Saying is just saying. Claiming is giving meaning.

Who says there is a need for this forum? Let it shut down.

Linguistics.

[LastThursday]

1 hour ago, Mellowmarsh said:

Absolutely.

Good. I was just making sure there wasn't a confusion here between thinking and experiencing. But I do wonder what the "absolute" means in "absolute truth"?

[Mellowmarsh]

3 minutes ago, LastThursday said:

Good. I was just making sure there wasn't a confusion here between thinking and experiencing. But I do wonder what the "absolute" means in "absolute truth"?

The 'absolute' of 'absolute truth' is a truth that cannot not be. 

[LastThursday]

So the fact of "the sky is blue" is not an absolute truth, because it can be other colours, cloudy, thundery etc.? But for example the fact I'm a male is an absolute truth, because I have never been anything else? Or does "absolute" apply to all potential future states as well as past ones?