"But
just because I have an interest in transcendentalist discussion doesn't
necessarily denote any belief on my part in transcendentalism."
yeah, I get you
here.. the mistake is on my part (what was that about my being a logical person?
hehe)
to come to speak of
the "what is real?"-question, here again I get your point (hmm.. can't outwit
you as easily as I thought.. kidding)
Anyways, I have this
one theory of mine (sorta theory) concerning reality. Suppose there is a deeper
reality than our senses (the basic 5 of them) can perceive - or let's have it
the logical way because a "deeper reality" is in a way a contradicting
expression (if it's a reality already, no need for it to be deeper.. hehe) but
what I meant here was the absolute reality (is that expression adequate enough?
trying to be precise and logical here.. hehe) --- btw. being precise
and logical is a demanding quality, just look at the lenght of my
message..hehe ---
So, we set off
from the thesis that there is an absolute reality. Now imagine, we couldn't ever
get behind the way of uncovering it - for example because of our natural
predispositions, i.e our senses (whatever their number). And I ask you:
would it really matter to know that all we see, smell, taste, touch and
hear is a stimulation of reality (or: a distant shadow of reality - however
you want to name it) if all the others didn't know it (although this isn't a
major argument here and I think that maybe it would be worth to know the truth
for the price of being an "outcast") and more importantly, if you couldn't ever
get in touch with that reality because of lack of appriopiate "tools", i.e.
additional senses. And another question arises: again, would
it matter if your actions found their consequences in this pseudo-reality
(=stimulation of reality/ distant shadow of reality) and you could perfectly
function in this pseudo-reality (which we do, btw.). Of course I am aware that
this theory (based on an assumption of a futuristic vision of a new,
absolute reality) is not absolutely correct and even I have arguments that speak
against it -- which btw is my (and I suppose not only my) constant
quality/curse(?), i.e. doubting my own theories an so on, so practically
when you criticize my viewpoints I've already done it in my mind while I was
creating them - do you also happen to have this "logical confusion"
in your head??
...
tbc