Comment by Joker_vD

6 days ago

This side is traditionally called "idealist", and it usually very quickly collapses into solipsism of different varieties.

There is not much you can show against the "there is a single existing soul that has many different persons (as opposed to each person having a different, personal soul) that dreams about the 'physical' reality" hypothesis except "I don't think my imagination is that good", really.

What I reject most about idealism is that it is free. Life is hard and expensive, but soul is free. How come? Is our soul understood like a spherical cow?

  • > How come?

    Well, you gotta spend the eternity somehow, so maybe the soul just got bored and started inventing miserable experiences for itself.

    Yes, it's ridiculous.