Alkis Piskas

There are a lot of things that we can assume. But we cannot form truths or foundations based on them. And of course we can assume that there are being...

Since a day has passed by and I don't see any reply yet to your topic, I would like to honor it. I want kindly want that you pause here and consider t...

This is a very good point and I basically agree. I would fully agree if we could talk about absolute truth, whether it exists or not. And the word "un...

It looks like he was not sure if he was just a body (flesh and bones) created by his parents or something different, more than that and/or independent...

Interesting! "a single whole is produced", "fusion of the mind with the body", ... It sounds like Descartes is actually a non-dualist! :grin: Well, of...

Welcome to TPF! :clap: Only that? That's quite modest! :grin: This is a million --well, today it's a billion-- dollar question. It is among ones that ...

Yes, I believe so. Right. Life continues, in the universe. But not for the person during the time s/he is not aware. Exactly!

Most probably because such questions were not raised at that time. See, there was no Internet and philosophical forums at that time, were people could...

Not if you know in what context has Descartes said that and why, i.e. how he arrived at that idea. For Descartes, "cogito ergo sum" was a fundamental ...

Consciousness is a characteristic of life. All living organisms are conscious. All of them have qualia, i.e. subjective, conscious experience. (Panpsy...

Their function and purpose are totally different.

Hi Javi. Thanks for the ref. I just had a look. The content is too "literary" and "historical" for me. My background in and my knowledge of both liter...

The issue is not that simple. Here's what the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy says about THPC: "The hard problem of consciousness is the problem o...

You are welcome. (????????) :smile:

I wouldn't care about @180 Proof. For me, it doesn't presuppose anything. It's quite generic and can include anything: any thing whatever, something, ...

I see. Then consciousness is fundamental. It is not created by anything. This is what I have come to realize up to now, based on the vast amount of ma...

Let @180 Proof say or believe "anything" ... :smile: Your point was very clear. As for your question about the correctness of your logic, my answer is...

:up: Your reception of the message was perfect! :smile:

Eugen, if you edit your post, let me suggest that you reduce the redundancy in all that. - "abosulutely anything" - "I mean it in the most literal sen...

Depending on the context and the used of the term, memory can be a process but also its product or content. Like "thought": it can refer to either the...

Good point. :up: BTW, "interdisciplinarity" gets ~6.5 million results in Google. And "interdisciplinary" ... ~405 million!

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My last comment regarding taking seriously cases like Chopra, might sound as a criticism towards you. This was not my intention at all, Manuel. I unde...

I don't see the relevance. Taken seriously by whom? OK, certainly not by scientists. But certainly yes, by his colleagues. And also by thousands of pe...

This is just a personal and offhand description. So, there are no standards. Where is that community? Who and how many of them are there? What and whe...

What are these standards of quality? And who is to judge if a certain philosophy satisfies such (supposedly existing) standards of quality?

I never suggested following any of the persons I mentioned. I don't like or agree with some of them myself. I just gave some names to show that there ...

I agree. I was talking about conventional or pure philosophy. Although I'm not sure if these terms make actual sense. Anyway, I'm certainly not among ...

Very good topic. :up: I fully agree with the main points. I had myself posted a topic on the subject about one year ago ("Is there a progress in philo...

Isn't this too absolute? 1) Doesn't this contradict the above title and statement of the topic? 2) What if a new term is entered during a discussion b...

Thank you very much about this feedback. Very useful, esp. the Wikipedia link. :up: Yes, I know what you said and meant. But we cannot know how "non-l...

I thought that you would mention that. But the atomic bombing at Nagasaki was like an experiment. A bad one of course. But we saw its horrible effects...

I see what you mean. But when I say that Neuroscience has nothing to do with human consciousness, I mean that Neuroscience does not deal with the huma...

I fully agree. In fact, I will make this statement a little stronger: Neuroscience has nothing to do with human consciousness. (At the level of the mi...

Fine. Thank you. :up:

Not that it's important, but my comment regarded PlushForums (administration), not you, since I know that you wouldn't do such a thing. (Re: you menti...

You mean, the "cc"? Yes, I improvised a little ... I didn't know where and how else else to indicate that! :grin: I see. OK. You mean that you "bookma...

cc: @"javi2541997" Does this mean that my mail server (receiver) is unreliable? Javi's too? But that's why I suggested to ask other members too. I can...

Yes, that's correct. That's what's happening.

I watched about 20 min of the video. So I cannot speak for the whole of it. But until that point I could not see anything that refers to an inherent d...

Why don't you leave it in red? It was just fine. Anyway, it's not important.

I think this is a good idea. :up:

You are welcome. BTW, I preferred the red color for links of members, URLs, etc. It --and any dark color-- stands out much better. (Well, ... obviousl...

I see. OK. There is indeed something wrong. At least in my case. Have you checked or do you know if this is also the case with other members? It looks...

Well, it must be for you, who knows the system. For me it's only frustrating! :grin:

I received a notification about the personal message you sent me. But I didn't receive one for @"javi2541997", posted about the same time. It seems th...

1. Yes 2. Yes. I have already checked the box "Email when I receive personal messages" since a long time ago. I just verified it: all 4 boxes were che...

A sensation is by definition something created in the mind. Definition of "sensation" from Merriam-Webster Dictionary: a. A mental process (such as se...

Can't get this. On the one hand, Chomsly accuses Newton for destroying the notion of materialism and on the other hand, he denies himself the notion o...

Any luck? On a second thought, the consequences of this problem are worse than what I thought: it results in a bad communication related to lack or re...