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04-25-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WithoutMe
Subversion dude,

I am what I am, however I donot contain myself, infact my relationship with me is that of a "is-a" (Identity) whereas my relationship with say, my tooth, is a "is-part-of" (Containment)!!!! u dig that?
Ahh but ask yourself this question, what is it that contains you and nothing else?

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Originally Posted by WithoutMe
Now one may very well say (as the Logical Positivists had championed) that the "in-itself" even if it exists is full crap coz one can't even say whether its right ot wong ot true or false, coz its beyond any source of inverstigation (acausal).... & thus, what I call "Isolated Existence"!!!

Wat say u all to that ?
In response to this, I would say that if everything exists, then in-itself must exist, for everything is in itself (solution to Russell's other paradox).

ps. I'm interested in checking out some of the philosophers you mentioned

Last edited by dleviwing : 04-29-2006 at 07:40 PM.