The Disconsolation of Philosophy, Part Ii
...But, of course, this gets me thinking on
the fact that consciousness must be near
if the subjective is to exist,
since looking at matter, it appears
that no life, thought, or driving impulse
exists in the void of gas and rock,
existence itself is objective,
but even that thought makes me take stock.
matter may be cold and objective,
but has no awareness of itself,
to be aware of its objectiveness
requires subjective minds to dwell,
since reality has no concepts,
since that’s a trick of the human brain,
the concept of the objective world,
is thus subjective…have I gone insane?
The objective is the prerequisite
for the subjective to rise at all?
But the thought of objective can’t exist
unless the subjective can make that call?
Do either exist? Do none exist?
Is this causality, Schrodinger ?
And if all of this must be observed
does that not further complicate it?
Is that observer merely watching
an objective world as it plays out?
Or does the observation change things,
and subjectively shift the world’s route?
If existence is contingent on
the observer seeing what we do,
does not their presence become objective?
Since we are here, so they must be to?
Which means they can’t subjectively choose
to just up and leave, since we’re still here,
or maybe it means they haven’t left yet…
Eh, screw philosophy. I need a beer.
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2021
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