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Am I alone in not believing anything

RubyEyes

Truth Seeker
So, you don't believe you exist? Because belief and knowledge are different things, you can believe you exist while also knowing you do, but I don't think you could know that to an absolute certainty.
That was a way to phrase it to emphasize that one's own existence is quite a certain thing. I was pointing at Descartes who held it was an absolute certainty.

Yes, somebody else already said that knowledge is "sufficiently certain belief". In this sense, the exitence of oneself could be both knowledge and a belief. And in this sense, yes, I would both believe and know I exist.

I don't claim absolute anything, though. However, absolute or not, the certainty of one's existence is the highest achievable, in my opinion.
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say I don't exist. I'd have collected enough by now to buy several expensive dinners.
 

RubyEyes

Truth Seeker
I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say I don't exist. I'd have collected enough by now to buy several expensive dinners.
But wait, one thing is to believe somebody else doesn't exist and an entirely different thing is to disbelieve one's own existence.
 
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Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
But wait, one thing is to believe somebody else doesn't exist and an entirely different thing is to disbelieve one's own existence.

I was poking fun at the OP for disbelieving in Witches. >_<;

I'm a Witch. So I guess I don't exist. :shrug:
 
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