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Originally Posted by Iksander  If it is making an impression upon the consciousness, it exists. Otherwise, not.
The consensus for the word 'table' is not required for the thing that possesses the attributes connected with the word 'table' to be known. I know the word 'table' because of consensus - but I know the thing because of the impression it left on my consciousness (I perceived it). |
Aren't you making two contradictory statements - you know the word table because of consensus, yet it doesn't exist until it leaves an impression on your consciousness?
Everyone must perceive it in order to define it as a table (consensus), so therefore it must exist independent of
your perceiving it.