The obstaclean theory of matter

Posted on July 14, 2014 by

Denying the existence of the material world never goes down well. No matter how clever and compelling the arguments, most of us want to insist that matter exists – and as our insistence becomes more vehement, we start pounding tables, as if that will impress our interlocutors.

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Curious about the ways humans use their minds and hearts to distract themselves from the meaninglessness of life.
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One Response to The obstaclean theory of matter

  1. Jordan says:
    July 20, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    I like your name for this. As some commenters on your article have already said, this sounds like Fichte’s view in the Jena versions of the Wissenschaftslehre. But, as you probably already know, this is also basically the view of the external world put forward by the pragmatists William James and F.C.S. Schiller — the world is simply whatever resists my activity (conceptual or practical).

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