Nelson E Garcia

Your reasoning is ok however I have adopted pre-existent into my own metaphysics and have an entry titled “pre-existent” in my book glossary explainin...

Pre-existent means potential to exist, should mind provide the complementing appearances needed to actualize its existence.

Let me ask you a couple of questions about Kant and Berkeley. You just told me Kant did not agree with Berkeley, but Kant was an idealist as Berkeley ...

Risking your disappointment, let me clarify my position about idealism. I take idealism as a foundation, my metaphysics begins accepting Berkeley and ...

Are you open-minded to an idiosyncratic philosopher? I am a self-taught one who has no much formal education but makes up with considerable vocation f...

Ordinary life is cultural, and my writing is mostly about metaphysical issues, my writing does not intend to explain everyday cultural manifestations ...

You lack enough information to determine whether the concept is one worthy of consideration. You need to wait until my exchange with Andrew M gives yo...

Rather than solving a problem, my task is to define fundamentals and after I define some fundamentals the results themselves offer guidance that could...

Let me tell you what my criteria is, for the writing I do about my metaphysical persuasion, which I classify as perception metaphysics. I stay away fr...

You lack enough information to determine whether the concept is one worthy of consideration.

Perception, as defined by me, is more than observation and there is a lot to gain in such “subjugating” but it is too long to explain here. Specially ...

Do you have time to read a book? If you do check my website. (Look up my bio.)

May I disagree with your description of the Berkeleyan perspective? Berkeley thought the external world is only felt in some ways (as ideas). Therefor...

A different example: Pre-existence is not a denial of logical facts. Let us supposed you visit a building located far away from your home. While you a...

Are you an academic? In the announcements page I offer a free e-book copy to some academics.

It is a controversial feature of my metaphysical persuasion to only rate as reality what is perceived, while anything else pre-existing out of mind’s ...

Check my website to determine whether you have interest. (look at my bio).

If you are looking for a metaphysical definition: force surfaces. If looking for a scientific response, physics has a growing catalogue regarding prop...

The universe pre-existent substratum would be left.

Do you have time to read a book?

Initially I meant to talk to all members, but sarcastic or disrespectful members, if any, I rather not talk to.

When referring to immaterial targets such as mind, consider actualization by judgment (judgment of mind) so yes another mind judging yours is needed, ...

I am careful about the word “exist”. Anything able to exist should you sense-target it, pre-exists in the meantime. Consider pre-exist as a correct ex...

I have redefined existence as something that becomes rather than “is”. It is not easy to bring that redefinition to the forum in one shot so first you...

Do do not confuse understanding with actualizing. Understanding depends on you intellectual build-up. Actualizing of the object you observe is provide...

StreetlightX, you are right, that is only a beginning, an assertion is my way of introducing myself to a new group. Keep in mind, metaphysics is not a...

Wayfarer, thanks for the Berkeley excerpts, his persuasion is a strong foundation for future metaphysicians, and his main claim: Immaterialism, was co...

Jorndoe, the substratum is independent of mind but it does not amount to existence, it pre-exists.

Sir2u, would you ask those questions to George Berkeley after he said: “To exist is to be perceived”? The beer exist when you drink it, everything inv...

Apollodorus, the external objects are a synthesis of the external substratum (which lacks any details) and mind. Mind is not an “observer” (since ther...

Bert1, at this initial stage of you considering my claims I believe the “force” element in my argument is not the one to concentrate on, since physics...