Raul, you accused me of wanting to go backward to a primitive way of thinking about the world. But I'd like offer a different analysis of our contrast...
I don't find that term in a Google search. Is that your own private personal worldview? Apparently, you bow to the authority of the priests of Science...
Obviously, you have completely missed the point of the Enformationism thesis. It is exactly the opposite of what you claimed. I do explore the wisdom ...
What word would you suggest in place of "Materialism", as the opposite of "Spiritualism"? Are you a Materialist or Spiritualist or Other? I'm sorry th...
In John Horgan's interview with Koch, he summarized the IIT theory : "It depicts us as nodes in an infinite web of information, a cosmic consciousness...
Will you please explain to me how you interpreted that quote to mean that "You're basically dreaming on going back in history to the times when people...
I like that analogy, and I take it literally. I suspect that the reason scientists and philosophers find Consciousness to be the "Hard Problem" is tha...
I agree. That's why I base my cutting-edge philosophical thesis on cutting-edge science, both Empirical and Theoretical. But I try to avoid the dogmat...
Thanks for offering your "honest" opinion of my personal worldview. But, if you were interested enough to actually read the Enformationism thesis, you...
Many years ago, I lost faith in the Bible. But I still couldn't dispense with the logical necessity for what I later learned was the philosophical Fir...
No. The Enformationism thesis is not a Scientific Theory; it's a Philosophical Thesis. On the other hand, it is a sort of Theory of Everything, which ...
Actually, the notion of "Meta-Physics" in the Enformationism thesis was specifically intended to fit into a monistic view of the world. Notice all the...
What "missing implications" are you referring to? What do those cosmic constants have to do with the First Cause inference? In my thesis, I merely ass...
Enformationism is merely my coinage for the cutting-edge concept in Physics & Cosmology, that everything in the world is a form of Information : Energ...
Even Christof Koch, a major proponent of IIT, refers to it as a modern form of Panpsychism. I understand why they use that common-but-outdated term. Y...
Perhaps you interpret "metaphysics" as the study of unreality, or of the supernatural. But that's not what I'm saying. I have a unique definition of M...
I'm neither a mathematician, nor a coder. But, your question sounds like a version of the perennial provenance-of-Mathematics conundrum. Plato describ...
Yes. I was not trying to provide a complete analysis of the difference between visceral Emotions and mental Feelings. :smile: Feeling our Emotions : F...
Yes. Human consciousness has always been assumed to be awareness of the immediate present. But recent studies have shown that our awareness is always ...
Yes. Human emotions are hormonal effects that produce the feelings we crudely categorize as happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger. Bu...
Cosmologists, looking at the universe as a whole system, conclude that it began in a hot & dense state, and is inexorably moving toward a cold & diffu...
Complexity Theory applies to isolated chaotic systems, which have a limited lifespan. But the Cosmos seems to be gradually organizing itself (self-org...
Originally, Black Holes were assumed to permanently remove Information (energy + matter) from circulation in the universe. Now, some physicists specul...
Then that would be an exception to the rule. In fact, even your example would require Maxwell's imaginary "demon" -- a spiritual entity -- to sort-out...
In what sense are those particles "self-organizing"? Don't they require pre-existing natural laws and energy to organize Potential Matter into specifi...
I doubt that you really believe that Artificial Intelligence computers require no programmers. Instead, I assume you are referring to their "self-lear...
Ironically, the world model of Physics seems to be primarily biased toward disorder (entropy), so like an explosion of fireworks, it's all downhill af...
FWIW, here's a quote from my blog post explaining the neologism of "EnFormAction". Attractor : EnFormAction is not a physical force, pushing objects a...
I suspect that what you call "emotional information" is what I'm calling "intention". Repeated signs of intention (directional ; goal-oriented ; teleo...
Sadly, Putin seems to be like tell'm-what-they-want-to-hear Trump, except with KGB spycraft. He seems to be popular with non-intellectuals, because he...
That is also how I view Evolution. Many scientists emphasize the "random element" to conclude that it has no direction, no teleology. But Natural Sele...
Again, we are using different terminology to describe the same phenomenon. What you call "Universal Bias", I call Enformy. It's a natural inclination ...
I think your concept of nature's ability to organize new systems from local interactions -- as the route to consciousness -- is on the right track. Bu...
Synergy does imply a direction, if not a specific goal, that a multi-part machine works toward. But it does not necessarily imply a self-conscious Pur...
In Giulio Tononi's Integrated Information Theory, phi (?) is a measure of the system's integrated information, its degree of wholeness. And "wholeness...
In the Enformationism thesis, side-notes are mostly quotes from the Bibliography listed under the "Information" tab. In the BothAnd Blog, many sidebar...
Self-organization, in the real world, is not a problem for me. We see it happen all around us. I once saw a time-lapse video -- to illustrate Rupert S...
Hold-on now. You were on a reasonable path. So don't go off on an irrational tangent. :joke: Self-organization is indeed a function of the ubiquity of...
This is a continuation of my comments on your essay : What is consciousness? : Q. "Everything external to consciousness can be reduced to information,...
Here are my comments (C.) on a "few" quotes (Q.) from your essay : What is consciousness?. I hope they will illustrate the many points on which we agr...
I have read the linked essay, and find that I agree with almost all of it. But I have a theory of my own, that is coming from a different direction to...
Yes. I suspect that Richard Dawkins would agree that "Money" is a meme, which replicates in human minds like a virus. Most viruses are innocuous for h...
Logic is the world of possibilities, not reality The title of this thread sounds like the common distinction made by empirical scientists from theoret...
That's what I was afraid of. So, couldn't resist some tongue-in-cheek repartee, in an effort to get us back on track with a philosophical appraisal of...
Do you interpret your dreams as a> meaningless garbled memories, or b> suggestive intuitions, or c> prophetic visions, or d> semiological memories of ...
Actually, the term "Glossolalia" is not a technical or dismissive scientific label. It is instead a Latin translation of the Greek phrase for "speakin...
What you are complaining about is the sad fact that humans, and human society, are often irrational. But that's exactly why the profession of Philosop...
Sorry. I couldn't locate the context of your truncated quote. So I may not understand what "this assumption" refers to. But I'll comment on your notio...
Yes. That is the typical dismissive attitude of materialists, and it is accurate up to a point. But my own interpretation of such psychological phenom...
I agree that most of your suggestions would improve the quality of this free-form forum. But it might also eliminate non-professional philosophers lik...
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