Foundation
Does access to experience establish totality?
All evidence comes through experience. Why does that mean everything real is experiential?
The debate map · First routes
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Published routes
8 entry points
Totality
Can reality have an outside?
Perhaps reality is contained in a larger system, cause, or realm.
Mathematics
Does mathematics ground experience?
Mathematical truths seem necessary and independent. Does that make mathematics more fundamental than experience?
Formal systems
Does a formal theorem govern all reality?
A theorem limits what a formal system can prove. Does the same limit require reality to have an external parent?
Other minds
Does EE imply solipsism?
If experience is fundamental, are other people only in my mind?
Error and dreams
Can experience be mistaken?
A dream can present a world that is not there. A waking calculator also gives reliable answers that a lucid-dream calculator often cannot. What explains the difference?
Discussion
Does the author settle the argument?
The author seems arrogant, dismissive, or unwilling to listen. Does that show that EE fails?
Research process
Has the work been checked?
Perhaps EE overlooks a predecessor, an objection, a citation, or a needed correction.
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Where does the answer lead?
Several distinct objections can follow an answer. Choose the one that expresses your disagreement. The links follow claims and inferences, not the order in which people happened to raise objections.
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Choose the nearest route and read the cited argument. If you still find a defect, identify the premise, inference, or evidence that fails. Do not treat a question EE has answered as an unanswered objection.
The map is growing from recurring argument moves, including criticism of the author and research process. A new objection need not fit an existing category.
Read The Three-Step Argument for the starting structure.