Philosoraptor
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Made by dh413 6 years ago
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Yes but nothing is involved in it, since you think about people thinking about nothing.In order to really think that, you must first conceive nothing.
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I didn't realise that the reason people said "You can't think about nothing" was because it is impossible to conceptualise. I don't think that's true. Our mind is abstract enough to conceive of concepts that we don't completely perceive experientially.
I thought the reason why people say "You can't think about nothing" was an indication of the constant activity of the brain.
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Yes, we can conceive things we don't perceive experientially. But the problem is that nothing is not a thing, it's a nonsense. Speaking about "nothing" is like speaking about a "square circle". We can't conceive a square circle, because a square circle has nothing to be conceived. We speak about it because we can conceive "square" and "circle" separately, and then we say : "let's say we join the two properties in one being". But we can't.
And when we speak about nothing, it's because we can conceive "no" and "thing" separately.
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IF WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT NOTHING HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT US THINKING ABOUT NOTHING?
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