If you treat the claim as an axiom, say so explicitly and accept it as metaphysics; otherwise, provide one concrete empirical or explanatory consequence that would favor idealism over materialism and define which sense of exist you mean (phenomenal vs. ontological).
If you treat the claim as an axiom, say so explicitly and accept it as metaphysics
If it wasn’t obvious from the subject matter, I’m pretty sure he made clear that he was making a metaphysical/philosophical claim rather than a scientific one with this comment:
You don’t have to like philosophy but then don’t start arguing about it,
If you treat the claim as an axiom, say so explicitly and accept it as metaphysics; otherwise, provide one concrete empirical or explanatory consequence that would favor idealism over materialism and define which sense of exist you mean (phenomenal vs. ontological).
If it wasn’t obvious from the subject matter, I’m pretty sure he made clear that he was making a metaphysical/philosophical claim rather than a scientific one with this comment: