Posted by alexandra_k on October 5, 2005, at 22:40:16
In reply to Re: The albatross, posted by alexandra_k on October 5, 2005, at 22:05:19
and so this is where the analytic philosophers come into the picture
because our problems are artifacts of language / thought
we make distinctions that are an arbitrary artifact of a language...
and the sad truth is that our language is deficient
it is inadequate to express the way things areand thus w. was led to write that the solution to the problem lies in the dissolution of the problem
and the philosophers turned to an analysis of language
because it is our language and our thinking that gets us into trouble
and thus the philosophers create artificial languages to better capture legitimate (tenable) distinctions. logic, as one example, and many terminological distinctions as another. and the trouble is that no matter what we do... logic and the new terminological distinctions seem to lead to new problems, new problems being created.
and thus to see the truth...
is to appreciate something of this process
as soon as we think about things
as soon as we speak about things
then a shaddow is cast
and the shaddow is an artifact of the inquirer
and without the inquirer there wouldn't be a problemthe problem is that we are compelled to ask
senseless questions.there aren't any distinctions in reality
it is homogenous
but we see difference
we talk about difference
it is language and thought that discriminate
and thus reality must be two
it cannot be homogenous
one
or two?the distinction between what can be shown
and what can be saidO
Can be seen as an empty hole
Can be seen as the presence of a line
But what is it really?
Is senseless...
It is neither
And both
It just isReality is like that
It just is
And the shadow cast by the inquirer...
Is the fact that we insist on asking questions and thinking about things
What does it mean?
For one.Meaning is an artifact of mind / language
There is no meaning apart from mind / language
And so 'what is the meaning of life'
Is about how you interpret the significance of things...
How you judge similarity and difference
And this is a pseudo question
A pseudo problem
Because there isn't any such thing as *the* meaning of life.
Rather...
People find a variety of things meaningful
And life...
Just is about finding those meanings
Which is just to say finding things that are meaningful'I am an active information processor'
I am compelled to create sense
I am compelled to create meaning
I am compelled to engage in things that I find meaningfulAnd...
Just maybe...
That is the truth.But of course none of this can be said...
And there are too many contradictions to count
And i don't know that it can be expressed any clearerAnd reality is oblivious...
But reality is not what interests us anyways
It is our experience of the world that interests us
And one cannot tease apart experience from the world
And all there really is are degrees of inter-subjectivity
And everything slides
Which is of course senseless
Because everything is fixedAnd I do believe...
That one really can go crazy worrying about this stuff...
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