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Yes true. "Within" is why I named an art piece, and I defined "experience" as the concept of what is being portrayed within the piece.
August 27, 2018 at 18:09
"What would make an experience metaphysical then, as opposed to simply an experience?" The laws of physics.
August 27, 2018 at 18:03
Correct! Contacting the last people who were responsible for the box and it's contents becomes the current box holder's obligation in order to hopeful...
August 27, 2018 at 17:56
The reward for achieving a goal first can be a driving factor for the individual to work diligently, but so too can be the comradary of collaboration....
August 27, 2018 at 17:37
I just feel like when people compete to achieve the same goal first, they keep one another from sharing the concepts that are retained by the oppositi...
August 27, 2018 at 17:29
The Persistence of Memory, by Dali. Really any piece of art that questions the nature of reality is concerned with ontology in my opinion.
August 27, 2018 at 17:04
Can the experience be measured using the laws of physics? If so, it is of nature. If not, it is of abstraction.
August 27, 2018 at 17:00
Competition stifles innovation. Collaboration strengthens contemplation. It sounds pretty, but if someone could break down that first sentence a littl...
August 27, 2018 at 16:55
I do not have the training, but I know that I am a deep thinker. Do I qualify? Perhaps the word theorist will better fit, considering lack of academic...
August 27, 2018 at 16:49
Yes. The debate is to whether or not a metaphysical experience is validated as fact or fiction.
August 27, 2018 at 16:29
I'm seeking the end of the suffering of planet earth and it's inhabitants.
August 27, 2018 at 04:08
Not in my opinion. I would say that once a disagreement reaches that level of emotion, each side is no longer absorbing information to analyze, and is...
August 27, 2018 at 03:25
I feel like generally our emotions are triggered as a response to a scenario. For example: Your child is avoiding sleep by thinking of reasons to leav...
August 27, 2018 at 03:18
Simple. Contact them and ask them if you can have it. If they say "yes" keep it. If they say "no" then they need it.
August 27, 2018 at 03:05
How about "Nothing is the opposite of everything."
August 27, 2018 at 03:01