humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 27, 11:36 am, Jim Klein wrote:

I honestly do not see how you can reconcile this:

> It would be, I suppose, but it doesn't matter here. David is
> correct that in the absence of consciousness, it doesn't
> make sense to speak of the universe to be comprised of
> separate, distinct units.

With this:

> And of course some things--like the pleasantness
> of a sunny day, or the disgrace of post-mortem
> Peikovianism--do actually, literally depend upon
> consciousness for the nature of their existence.
>
> Some things are like that, and some things aren't.
> The size of the Sun and Earth, or the existence of
> some pulsar a zillion light years way, are not.

How can you talk about the size of the Sun without speaking of the
universe as comprised of distinct units? How can the Sun have a size
if it's not a distinct unit?

DS