10-04-2018, 04:29 PM
(10-03-2018, 07:44 AM)forrealone Wrote:(10-02-2018, 10:30 PM)jaybreak Wrote: Please, ask questions if any of this is unclear. We're dealing with a mostly new and interesting idea, to say the least, that others may take seriously, with some far-reaching consequences.
This is NOT a new idea. Back in the 60's, when those of us that did, tripped out on LSD, we talked about this concept all of the time. That we were a "figment" of someone/thing's imagination. It was a frequent topic and we would try to figure out how #1: it could be so #2: what does it mean about us and who/what we are and #3: Who/what is having this figment?
And, I have no doubt, over the centuries, there have been many others who have thought/discussed the same thing in whatever words or manner they would have in their time/place.
I meant "new" relative to the scope of philosophical history, and for some reason in the last few years it's been enjoying a resurgence online, for whatever reason. Maybe because of transhumanist thought becoming popular as well.
Now that I'm writing this, you could argue that Plato's Theory of Forms was something of a precursor, though I would argue it's too primitive to be related directly. Like you said, though, this idea has had form before.