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That "passive & stable" stuff is indeed the fundamental substance of Ontological Materialism. But Aristotle defined his "Ousia" in terms of two elemen...
August 28, 2025 at 16:43
I am currently reading a voluminous book written by a quantitative scientist, James Glattfelder : The Sentient Cosmos, which he labels a "synthesis of...
August 27, 2025 at 16:56
Hoffman is a cognitive scientist, and Systems such as Mind are cognitive concepts (ideas). Do you also consider Nobel-winning quantum theorists, such ...
August 27, 2025 at 16:21
Information & Energy are the processes that make the Culture & Nature systems do what they do. If you don't think that is "substantial", then you won'...
August 27, 2025 at 16:09
That assessment misses the point of Hoffman's thesis, and my own Information-centered worldview : not to "replace" pragmatic Reductionism, but to supp...
August 26, 2025 at 17:22
I did coin a novel term, EnFormAction, for my thesis, to indicate the equation of Information & Energy*1. But I didn't "invent" the physical interrela...
August 26, 2025 at 16:31
I don't understand that assessment. Energy & Entropy are Processes, not substances. Information --- or EnFormAction, as I like to spell it --- is also...
August 25, 2025 at 16:46
Does this mean that Systems only exist for rational observers? Does a bear have a "conscious construct" of the forest he defecates in, or just the sen...
August 24, 2025 at 20:33
Well said!. That description implies that a System is not a material thing but an energetic process (individual change or group interaction). For exam...
August 24, 2025 at 17:04
Yes. The modern notion of Systems*1 sometimes gets mired in details. And Bertalanffy's definition was too technical for the layman. 19th century Reduc...
August 23, 2025 at 16:57
I'm just throwing some ideas out there, into the Aether, to see if any might stick : #A. "pre-existing space" : Space-Time is not a real thing, but an...
August 22, 2025 at 21:31
Ironically, the dualistic notion of "disembodied consciousness" (ghosts) may be influenced by the materialistic foundation of our language and our sen...
August 21, 2025 at 15:41
Yes, I know. But logically you can have the emergence of something Actual from the statistical possibilities of timeless spaceless mathematical Potent...
August 20, 2025 at 17:00
From the exchanges of insults, I see that you are becoming frustrated by the incomprehension of your unconventional ideas on a forum of philosophers &...
August 20, 2025 at 16:45
Yes. That's how cosmologists typically describe the Big Bang. But it's easier for ordinary humans to picture it as a metaphorical explosion of somethi...
August 19, 2025 at 17:16
The creative human mind can imagine "disembodied consciousness", just as it can imagine big-headed Klingons from a distant galaxy. But, in appropriate...
August 18, 2025 at 21:54
OneInfinityZero are abstractions that refer to what we do not see & sense (that which doth not appear*1) in physical reality. So descriptions of such ...
August 18, 2025 at 21:32
Now that I am aware of the apophatic "OIZ" concept, what's the next step? Am I required to worship a formless featureless non-entity? Am I expected to...
August 18, 2025 at 16:42
Transcendent & Numinous experiences are not real phenomena. but ideal imaginary models of unseen things. So, they are obviously not out-there in the R...
August 17, 2025 at 17:09
My philosophy leans much more toward empirical Science & Ontology than to mysticism or spiritualism or Henology. I also tend to be skeptical of ideas ...
August 17, 2025 at 16:51
In physics, Light is described as a quantum phenomenon, and the quanta of light are called Photons (packets of energy). But that materialistic definit...
August 16, 2025 at 21:12
Whitehead described his God as both transcendent and immanent. So any divine actions in the physical world are Natural, not supernatural interventions...
August 16, 2025 at 16:52
That's a poetic metaphor of how the One became Many, or the Singularity became a Cosmos. Here's a recent blog post*1 to indicate that I have been thin...
August 16, 2025 at 16:22
Thanks for the offer, but I may be too old to jump into such a complex & comprehensive work of philosophical art. I'm currently skimming the summary o...
August 15, 2025 at 21:38
Sticks & stones may break my bones, but Forum posts can't hurt me. So, when someone says "read and study more" I assume they are referring to a 'thus ...
August 14, 2025 at 20:11
I haven't had time to read your whole post. But, after skimming, I can say that your OneInfiniteZero is very close to what I call "God of the philosop...
August 14, 2025 at 17:12
I'm sure that Panpsychism has always been a serious attempt to understand how such imperceptible phenomena as Life & Mind can exist in an obviously ma...
August 14, 2025 at 16:43
In my own personal philosophical worldview, that "organization factor" is called EnFormAction*1, and the "creative" trend of evolution is Enformy*2. B...
August 13, 2025 at 23:58
Since feckless Philosophy has not solved all the world's problems in 2600 years, would you characterize your alternative program --- to achieve "a wel...
August 13, 2025 at 17:06
Some sober scientists are taking the notion of Panpsychism seriously. But I think their definition is too broad. I prefer to make a clear distinction ...
August 12, 2025 at 16:47
Unfortunately, for quantum pioneers, trained in classical physics, non-locality was not as "straightforward" as you imply. :smile: *1. Is reality not ...
August 12, 2025 at 16:31
Banno's questions seem to be based on an Either/Or dichotomy between Realism/Idealism or Subject/Object ; in which reasonable people must accept one p...
August 12, 2025 at 16:21
I'm sure that is aware of those other scientific "perspectives"*1 --- or interpretations --- which postulate something like a parallel reality that is...
August 11, 2025 at 22:05
Aristotle postulated a primitive definition of Energy (energeia) as the actualization of Potential. And modern physics has equated causal energy with ...
August 11, 2025 at 21:15
Panpsychism is a currently popular philosophical worldview, even among scientists. So, the notion that mental phenomena are inherent in the natural wo...
August 11, 2025 at 17:21
Me too! But, his encyclopedic knowledge of "footnotes to Plato" seems to be second only to your own. So, I'm learning a lot about both objective and s...
August 11, 2025 at 16:10
Berkeley's Idealism may still be a relevant metaphysical theory, but the general physical understanding has evolved beyond primitive Materialism since...
August 10, 2025 at 21:47
FWIW : Ervin Laszlo was a child prodigy in classical music, who eventually became a non-academic philosopher of science, with a focus on Consciousness...
August 10, 2025 at 16:40
That's an interesting observation, since deniers of end-driven processes feel confident that Darwin's randomized mechanical procedure*1 obviates the n...
August 09, 2025 at 16:44
I think "self-promotion" on the forum is a problem only if you make money from clicks or book sales. I frequently provide links to my own website. But...
August 08, 2025 at 17:20
I'm still playing along with your cryptic statement of "The Problem", hoping to get a glimpse of The Solution without having to buy the book. But all ...
August 07, 2025 at 17:05
Yes. Living organisms exist in a state that is far from the equilibrium of Entropy, and successfully dissipate Energy, as they use it to generate thei...
August 06, 2025 at 23:17
Although Information Theory is an essential component of my Enformationism*1 thesis, I am not very familiar with the "English School". However, my the...
August 06, 2025 at 17:14
How are the "conditions" of your assumption different from the metaphysical philosophy of Materialism*1? As a pragmatic position, I do assume that phy...
August 06, 2025 at 16:40
I think you have identified an important distinction between a scientific (mechanistic) and a philosophical (probabilistic) worldview. Classical physi...
August 05, 2025 at 17:01
Charchidi touches on that "deeper" question. He notes, "although some scholars argue that language is not necessary for thought, and is best conceived...
August 04, 2025 at 20:53
Are you blaming Analytical*1 Philosophy for all the problems of the world? If so, do you think Holistic/Systems philosophy will cure all the ills of i...
August 04, 2025 at 16:58
Some secular scientists describe the universe as simply wandering, with no apparent direction or goal. Yet, Theologians tend to take for granted that ...
August 03, 2025 at 21:59
Yes. That's one way to describe the notion of Holism. Systems Theory was developed --- by Bertallanffy, et al --- primarily for pragmatic scientific o...
August 03, 2025 at 17:02
I just came across a quote in the book I'm currently reading, after the author discussed Aldous Huxley's notion : "that our entire perception of reali...
August 03, 2025 at 16:07