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Can you briefly describe your mystical experience/s?

I explained already. I never said there were no other functions, but I certainly implied that there are no other functions worth mentioning regards to...

I don’t have the time. Could you give us a little synopsis?

Are you asking about this out of curiosity or trying to suggest I know nothing about brain function? The OP is referring to “purpose” not “function” -...

This person has already announced they are a mystic. That is enough for all us to know. Claims of combining logic with mysticism always allow the pers...

It would be nice if politicians could walk around doing their jobs without being harassed. The guy who threw it felt like doing so - and he cared not ...

I never suggested otherwise.

In terms of “purpose” - external - there is no other function. If the brain didn’t process input from the outside world it would be no different to a ...

Oh! I should add that outside of what is “practical” I find the use of the term “purpose” either duplicitous or vague.

Note: Just read this back. I don’t tend to proof read and can see this is perhaps too obtuse in places - it is not exactly an easy topic though in my ...

I disagree with most, if not all, of this. I don’t understand where the “god” is hiding or what kind if appeal you’re making about subjectivity being ...

Present what in logical form? Don’t you understand that there is more to life than dogmatic logical appeal? Surely you do if you claim to be a mystic....

It doesn’t make sense to suggest someone else is a dualist after making a dualistic claim - that being the disjunct between “brain” and “consciousness...

If you want to discuss something then offer some views on this: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5838/essay-number-one-perceptions-of-experie...

Clearly not judging by that train wreck of a sentence.

I never said you were. That is why I never said you were. I was referring to the person openly stating they’re a mystic.

Sex is complicated. Humans have a very tangled and messy psychological substrate upon which they operate. Sexual pleasures often combine with feelings...

I hope it goes without saying that empirical facts are empirical facts, and that logical truths are logical truths. The mystic often makes claims that...

Perhaps it would help if mods didn’t call others questions “fucking stupid” and delete posts where people announce their dislike of the topic like we’...

This is kind of circular as we can say that an object is a concept of an object of a concept ad infinitum. I should state that when it comes to this l...

Addiction to drama - biologically speaking there are certain neuro-chemical kicks that people become habituated to seeking out. I do believe that when...

I was reading Aristotle’s Rhetoric recently and liked how he defined “wealth”. He talked about it as “wealth” existing where resources are put to use ...

I’m not suggesting it is like Led Zep’s Stairway to Heaven! Haha! I do think it is better reading from last section to first (and often enough each se...

PC or not things have gone too far if all a person can do is cause or take offense openly yet never turn the vitriol inward.

Not being a Christian I really cannot answer the question properly. All I know is that it makes more sense for me to contemplate life as life in the f...

Many animals possess parts of what we call ‘human language’. What sets us apart is that we possess the faculty a bird has, a monkey, and a dog in comb...

Most threads aren’t. I’ve tried my best and have pointed out clearly - without resorting to insults - the problems of the OP. Understand that the pers...

Maybe this is just a necessity of keeping ‘regret’ alive and functional? If we live without understanding the concatenation of action and thought then...

And that is why Heidegger is a chore to read. His work is best read in reverse. ;)

You agreed with what creativesoul said and added more. If you didn’t agree and think saying “Yes” mean you don’t agree I’m at a loss. I didn’t confuse...

I do find it interesting to think what would’ve happened if we left the americas alone completely - observed from a distance rather than interfere, mu...

Note you said this “in addition” to this by creativesoul: As usual this is nonsense/strawmanning. If I am to view things from a nominalist perspective...

Are you guys doing armchair politics? I guess so because I don’t understand a word being said :D

It is fair to say that for CHANGE to be appreciated something MUST remain the SAME. If two items are changing at the same rate then they have a rate o...

John Stuart Mill said something along the lines of “freedom of speech included the choice to listen to any view you wish”. If you wish to silence some...

Regarding “conservativism” it is clear enough to me that it’s suffering, and going to suffer more, simply because the world is changing fast. The olde...

The Very Hungry Catepillar

Interesting question! My knowledge of the history isn’t great. Would Europe be more populous today? Would other colonies have flourished more?

It is not “some cases”. The science on this is solid. Humans have two arms, two eyes, two legs, a nose and are possess a neural network that makes the...

My knowledge is not that great either. I may be completely wrong and somewhat blinded by my own unseen biases.

And in a metaphysical discussion “real” can also be taken to mean ‘universal’ and/or make a claim for an ‘essence’. In this sense - and as seems appar...

Good luck trying to pin “creativesoul” on this point. Granted the semantics of the discussion matter, but I fear the aforementioned person is perhaps ...

Given that Heidegger was very much influenced by Husserl (and this work in particular): Husserl goes further after questioning the view of “logic” as ...

The empirical (evidence from cognitive neuroscience) shows VERY clearly that we’re actually wired to be overly optimistic - we have a bias toward opti...

I look at it like this. No one is my superior in life. We’re not the same though so some people are better suited (efficient) in some areas more than ...

Adherence to some flavour of realism. Which generally means they hold the view/s that some item is objectively existent, universal, has essences, and/...

Empirical doesn’t mean empiricism, phenomenon doesn’t mean phenomenology and real doesn’t mean realism. My mistake about your reply! I got my wires cr...

Next time just say “No” or say nothing.

In connection to what the others are saying it is clear there is a disjoint. As for the use of “real” it is far from apparent exactly what you mean. N...

Be more careful in defining your use of terms and it would cause much less confusion. The term “real” is used in a variety of ways in philosophy. From...