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And for my first post, a personal favorite of mine, the Mutant Theory. This philosophy is particularly interesting to me, because I am always curious about how others think and interpret the world. I even thought up a version of this theory on my own, long before I knew it was an actual philosophy question!
The Mutant Theory is simple enough, but may be tricky to explain. It goes something like this:
And for my first post, a personal favorite of mine, the Mutant Theory. This philosophy is particularly interesting to me, because I am always curious about how others think and interpret the world. I even thought up a version of this theory on my own, long before I knew it was an actual philosophy question!
The Mutant Theory is simple enough, but may be tricky to explain. It goes something like this:
How do I know that you sense things the way I do?
In other words, look at something around you. Sniff the air. Wiggle your fingers a bit, and feel what they are touching. Identify those sensations: the bag is green, I can smell my soap, and this key board feels hard.
When you were learning what different words meant, and connecting them to your senses, you saw a shade and connected it to a word. However, if you were to place your eyes behind mine, you could see what I see but could think your own thoughts about it*, how can you be sure that the shade you consider to be green is what I consider to be green. How do you know that what you learned to call green is the color that I would call yellow?
To agree with this philosophy, you do not need to believe that everyone other than you senses things differently: you just need to agree that you can't know one way or another.
This philosophy is linked to a philosophy I plan to talk about soon, what I was introduced to as the Zombie Theory.
What do you think about this concept?
To agree with this philosophy, you do not need to believe that everyone other than you senses things differently: you just need to agree that you can't know one way or another.
This philosophy is linked to a philosophy I plan to talk about soon, what I was introduced to as the Zombie Theory.
What do you think about this concept?
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