Author: John JonesJohn Jones
Date: May 28, 2008 15:28
A room with a view is a room with a view, whether or not there is a viewer.
Then let's be bold. Objects are made real, ontologically and logically,
by a view. This isn't the quaint idea of a quantum world collapsing into
physical form by a view, nor is it psychologism where an individual's
'beliefs' contribute to a phenomenal world.
Thus, or for the cautious 'for example', a universe of one object cannot
realise that object for there is no view or framework in which the
object can possibly be presented. The only justification we can make for
a solitary object is to claim that it views itself, or else to suppose a
supernatural viewer. This idea is known as transcendental realism and is
an implicit foundation for all logics and sciences.
It is for this reason that I argue that logic and science are either
supernaturalisms or psychologisms, where the viewer, historically
presented as God, has been anthropomorphised and rendered invisible. For
these studies the viewer is ever-present, yet never 'seen', never
questioned. The consequences of questioning 'the view' can be dramatic,
if the explorer of knowledge wishes to travel that far.
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