Existence, Consciousness, and Identity os the Basic Axioms
We begin as philosophers where we began as babies, at the
only place there is to begin: by looking at the world. As philosophers, however, we know enough to state, as we look at
anything: it is. This (I am pointing to a table) is. That (pointing
to a person seated at it) is. These things (sweeping an arm to
indicate the contents of the whole room) are. Something exists.
We start with the irreducible fact and concept of existence—that which is.
The first thing to say about that which is is simply: it is.
As Parmenides in ancient Greece formulated the principle:
what is, is. Or, in Ayn Rand's words: existence exists. ("Existence" here is a collective noun, denoting the sum of existents.) This axiom does not tell us anything about the nature
of existents; it merely underscores the fact that they exist.3
This axiom must be the foundation of everything else.
Before one can consider any other issue,https://youtu.be/nrQ3AGnCPYY
We begin as philosophers where we began as babies, at the
only place there is to begin: by looking at the world. As philosophers, however, we know enough to state, as we look at
anything: it is. This (I am pointing to a table) is. That (pointing
to a person seated at it) is. These things (sweeping an arm to
indicate the contents of the whole room) are. Something exists.
We start with the irreducible fact and concept of existence—that which is.
The first thing to say about that which is is simply: it is.
As Parmenides in ancient Greece formulated the principle:
what is, is. Or, in Ayn Rand's words: existence exists. ("Existence" here is a collective noun, denoting the sum of existents.) This axiom does not tell us anything about the nature
of existents; it merely underscores the fact that they exist.3
This axiom must be the foundation of everything else.
Before one can consider any other issue,https://youtu.be/nrQ3AGnCPYY
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