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I will make the concept/subject of morality more "coercive" than just a "perspective". Morality, in general, means conformity to the rules and princip...

Without activity of consciousness itself? If consciousness is active, what does it do?

Indeed. OK, TV and radio are relatively simple technologies, based mainly on signals. But computers are still a kind of "magic boxes" and the Internet...

:up: It inspired me to just come up with another, relevant one: Almost 100% of the reports regarding UFOs come from and/or relate to USA territory, mi...

:up: Unfortunately, Science and Techology are advancing too fast for people to follow, undestand and assimilate their development, even when there's a...

No problem, wonderer1. I'm glad that this is cleared. It's quite important.

Note: The part "But where is the "process" that ..." at the end of my message is garbage - I forgot to remove it. I'm not sure what exactly do you mea...

Well, also not being able to perceive anything with our senses, and other things ... I can't, since I'm unconsious! :smile: I don't think even anesthe...

Re "But we could not point to their consciousness": Right. However, the examples of respiration and digestion are indeed procecess, in fact well defin...

Nice. I like that. :up: However, I don'r how it is in conflct with what I said ... Can this experience exist when life ends? This is maybe correct,. I...

What kind of process? A process involves a series of actions or operations. Does consciousness act or operates in any way? Process or not, isn't what ...

I have not given any definition of consciousness, "idiosyncratic" (!) or other sort. What is commonly meant by the term? In your own words. The refere...

Consciousness is not something that can be created and then disappear, now be present and the next moment be absent. Consciousness is connected to lif...

Good question. I don't know! :grin: But biologists know. Here's something interesting that I have brought in recently in another discussion, showing t...

Consciousness is more than just perception --and much more complex, as you say-- but his is something outside this thread. Perception, IMO, is a very ...

When we are looking for evidence for the existence of something --animate or inanimate-- we are looking for the presence of special characteristics at...

:gasp: Come on, seriously now ...

Do you have to observe anything to know that you exist, that you are awake? Do you have to feel or think anything to know that you exist? That you are...

This is incorrect. Awareness does not depend or involve necessarily observation. You can be aware of millions of things that have nothing to do with o...

Of course not. I talked about my specific question "Are you a materialist?". If not anything else it's too general. And one may also identify to it on...

In your previous answer you talked about "particular things that are ascribed to materialism might not stick". But mental things are not just "particu...

OK. Then --just for checking-- I guess you must believe that thoughts, ideas, memory, knowledge, emotions and all mental activities and contents of th...

From the little I know about you and have gathered from you, this has taken me by surprise! Are you a materialist?

I know what you mean. There are cases however, where the word "thing", although very general, is unsuitable. For example, I wouldn't use it to say "a ...

30 volumes!! I just checked it in Wiki: 45,000 articles, 6,500 contributors, 9,000 bibliographies, 150,000 cross-references, 1,000+ tables, 1,200 maps...

Are you browsing encyclopedias as a hobby or for fun? :grin: Sorry. I couldn't help it. It just triggered my imagination. :smile: But it is something ...

No need to aplogize, Bob. Questions such as about the nature of consciousness, the existence of a universal mind, etc. cannot have definite answers. B...

OK. No problem. Thanks anyway.

Which includes our mind, doesn't, it? I didn't say only our mind. So what I said is correct. BTW, what other mind do you have ... in mind, besides our...

Wow! This is indeed quite a specific argumentation! :smile: But it's too comlex. I should maybe ask for a "simple" instead of a "specific" argumentati...

I prefer to talk about "universal consiousness" rather than "universal mind". I believe that some individuals have experienced it and are experiencing...

I know. And thanks for the clarification. Yet, it does! "Plants perceive the stimuli of the environment (rain, wind, cold, heat, attacks from herbivor...

I don't think that this is a question of doctrine. That religions are disjunct from each other is a fact. Even sects within religions are sometimes is...

Hi! Browsing the "All Discussions" page, I keep seeing "Why Monism?" among the topics, updated everyday, and this question has started to haunt me! :g...

Of course it doesn't matter. But please complete the sentence "As long as you or I or him believe it to be true ..." (Then what?) But this statement i...

If you believe that something is true, it doesn't mean that it is true in general, or also true for me or someone else ... (But I believe that it is t...

Thank you for your readiness! But I don't think we should get involved in such a quest. Not worthwhile. I can give you a few references. However, I do...

OK, Banno.

"I believe in God" is different than "I assert that God exists". The first is not a posit that requires a proof. It cannot be agreed or disagreed upon...

All 3 cases described in the page of the mentioned link refer to beliefs and beliefs are opinions that can be countered, contradicted, etc., but not f...

Right. The larger the degree or volume of acceptance or agreement, the more "solid" the truth of a statement --or a matter in general-- is. Which make...

Generally speaking, I could say that a statement can be considered to be if it can be proved to be in accordance to specific rules, conditions, facts,...

Thank you Bob for this extensive and very informative reply! :up: I'm certainly not a materialist. However I cannot call myself an "idealist" either. ...

I am certain about that. I have conducted a Yes/No poll on "Does thinking take place in the humanbrain?" and 80% answered "Yes". About the same time, ...

Glad to hear names like Kastrup coming up in this medium! It's the first time since about two years ago when I joined TPF ... Now, you have touched qu...

Exactly. This is what I meant: it's not characteristic of morality. A characteristic is a peculiar and distinctive quality of something. Alone, indepe...

Too much general and quite a wrong example as a summation of morality. This statement can refer to anything, not to a moral issue in particular. Makin...

What can I say? I have been in Sparta a couple of times, it's a great place and I like Spartian people! :grin: (I mean, things change! :grin:)

I never thought of comparing Spartans to Nazis or vice versa. Knowing that Spartans were very disciplined, tough and people of a warrior city-state, w...

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