2+2=6: a defense for goldman's causal analysis
This nice little paper can be downloaded as a pdf or odt.
existance of the schizofactus person
before i say anything, keep an open mind on this and think hard.
alright, here is the question. do schizofactus people think they exist? in all reality, they
don't exist. but in their minds, do they think they actually exist?
i say they do. in the minds of the schizophrenic person, that schizofactus person actually exists.
the schizophrenic person talks to them, does things with them, and enjoys their company.
so if the schizofactus interacts in the schizo's mind, the schizofactus must have a mind of his own.
the only difference between the mind of a schizofactus person and a normal person, is that the schizofactus'
mind exists only in the mind of the schizophrenic. but does this matter? not in the sense of a questioned existance.
that schizofactus mind exists in the mind of a schizophrenic, and so that mind exists in the mind which thinks it's real. therefore, all knowledge and
memories are taken from the mind of the schizophrenic. since existance is of course a piece of knowledge/information, the schizofactus mind
is going to take that piece of information from the schizophrenic mind. therefore, because the schizophrenic mind thinks the schizofactus person is real,
that piece of true existance information is going to be relayed to the schizofactus mind, making the schizofactus person believe his existance is true.
sad, huh? none of us could even exist. we could all be playing along in some higher being's schizophrenic mind. of course, that's just as possible as our entire world being a computer game, which is another theory out there.
'nuff said.
words i've made up
schizofactus: a term referring to a person imagined by another person who has schizophrenia.etymology: the latin 'factus' meaning 'having been made' and the first half of schizophrenia.
phrenifictus: see schizofactus.
etymology: the greek 'phren' meaning 'mind' and the latin 'fictus' meaning 'having been imagined'.