authorities for this conclusion -
what exists - exists - this is to say nothing
simply to recognize the fact of being
to describe - is something - a conscious -
self-conscious entity does - for its purposes
(its purposes too may need describing at times -
and there will be no definite description here -
only an ongoing argument)
so what we are talking about - when we are talking
about what exists - is our descriptions -
and our descriptions of what?
you see - this is the same question - on another level -
we can only answer this question with description
my point is - I think this question of existence is a
question only of representation
I say finally - and firstly - we don't know - what it is
we are describing - and this is just the reason for the
describing
and it is not as if the description is solid - that we can
as it were - base ourselves on this - and move forward
the description - is rather a devise - a tool (if you would
like to be hardheaded) - for the next move
and if the next move is successful (whatever this may be
or come to mean - is always up for grabs) - is the
description true?
who knows -
we all of course like to think we have a hold on existence -
contingency - the workings of it - the understanding of it -
and we refer to our theories - our descriptions -
our metaphysics and our science - as proof -
'happy coincidence' is the best that I can say -
and for reasons of mental health at least -
we need to believe
but finally belief is a ploy - in a logical sense -
in a psychological and material sense - a necessary fact
we are best to enjoy - if it happens that way
