Do It Yourself Metaphysics

What follows is a manifesto, a plagiarism, a parody

A Provisional Creed (091006)

1. I believe in an objective reality, one that is composed of the matter and forces of nature;
2. I believe in a subjective reality of the mind that arises from and is concommitant to the objective reality but not entirely commensurable with it;
3. I believe that all phenomena (both objective and subjective) are ultimately caused by matter and forces of nature;
4. I believe that all phenomena (both objective and subjective) can be reduced to simpler or more elementary forms;
5. I believe that all phenomena (both objective and subjective) follow from necessary causal relationships that limit and determine all events in time;
6. I believe that all significance derives from the subjective reality;
7. I believe that all statements about the objective reality, which necessarily arise from the subjective reality, contain the possibility of error because of the incommensurability of the objective and the subjective;
8. I believe that all beliefs have the possibility of being proved false in the future;
9. I believe that 8 applies to all statements before it, including itself.

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