OPINION

Perception Philosophy: Part 1

Written by Floris Vermeir
Published May 20, 2005
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A singular object is a basic building block. These are too small to see with the human eye but everything we see around us consist of huge amounts of them.

Multiple singular objects together form a compound object. A simple example is a pen. It looks like a singular object, but it is not. Once you open the pen, you will have more than one object, making it a compound object. But it is even more complex than that, because the ink does not consist of one molecule, but out a multitude of molecules, making the ink in itself a compound object. The same goes for the plastic and every other piece the pen is composed of. This clearly shows that what one first sees as a perhaps singular object, is a compound object, and is more complex than we most likely want to think.

Another example is a glass of water. The glass in itself is a compound object, existing as multiple atoms, although we cannot see that with the naked eye. The water in the glass consists of multiple water molecules, which themselves consist of hydrogen and oxygen and some other elements, and so on. If an amount of water in a glass would be a singular object, then we could never ingest it. It is very simple, to show this. Take 3 other glasses, and pour portions of the water into them, so you have now 4 glasses with water. If the water in a glass would be one object, and not a compound object, then all the pieces of water would be connected. And even thinking this would point out it to be a compound object.

Another example is bread. It consists of multiple ingredients, which consist of multiple molecules. In fact when preparing bread it gets, well with me, sticky. Once it's baked, it looks like a singular object on the outside, but if you part it in two, you will see (depending on what mixture you used) that it contains grains. They look like singular objects, but are not. They are compound objects in their own right.

There is one example against which there is no reasonable argument. The word atoms is derived from atomism. If I'm correct, Democritos was the first to use the word atoms. Everything around us consists of atoms; without them, life would not be possible. If logical atomism would be wrong, then there would be a serious problem. How then is it that there exist life on this planet? How is it then that there exist anything at all we humans have made ? How does it come language exists ? And proof of written languages? A word is composed out of one or more letters, and each letter is composed in this case out of pixels, and when printed out of of ink molecules.

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Perception Philosophy: Part 1
Published: May 20, 2005
Type: Opinion
Section: Books
Writer: Floris Vermeir
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#1 — May 20, 2005 @ 09:26AM — Floris Vermeir [URL]

Spelling check in progress. I though they were out, but I am not so sure anymore, so doublechecking.

#2 — May 21, 2005 @ 06:32AM — Floris Vermeir [URL]

All spelling mistakes should be corrected. e.g. has been replaced by for example. That should make it clearer to read. I really should try not to mix my languages when writing public text.

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