2009-06-03, 05:15 AM
In short, there is no solid answer to this. Hence why philosophy classes still exist as opposed to "facts of life" classes. If it is the case that this is true, there'll be no way to prove or disprove it. In the case that this is false, someone will always find a "but what about...." or "what if it's just my imagination making THAT happen..." sort of argument.
Hopefully you didn't come to SP hoping for an answer to something that really has no clear cut answer.
Regardless of what scenario the opposers to the "figments of your imagination" people come up with, those who side with the figments of the imagination argument will just chalk it up to the possibility of you having this nearly omnipotent imagination that is fooling you into believing things are actually real.
Hopefully you didn't come to SP hoping for an answer to something that really has no clear cut answer.
Regardless of what scenario the opposers to the "figments of your imagination" people come up with, those who side with the figments of the imagination argument will just chalk it up to the possibility of you having this nearly omnipotent imagination that is fooling you into believing things are actually real.