Really? Logic is a feature/attribute of consciousness. And so you seem to be reversing your philosophy since humans use mathematics and information to...
Thank you! What are the implications, I wonder? In other words, you're making the leap from biology to self-aware sentient Being, using logic, how is ...
The word biology is derived from the greek words /bios/ meaning /life/ and /logos/ meaning /study/ and is defined as the science of life and living or...
I agree, however, it begs at least one question. And that is, what do you consider "the world itself"? In other words, we know mathematics has the unr...
For fun, Tim Wood's usual ad hominem and/or trolling commentary : 1. What is so "ignorant" about the OP? 2. What kind of mistake should one know not t...
He meant that the universe is basically a metaphysical, universal language :joke: In this case, diatonic intervals of root-and-fifth! Good question!! ...
Nice OP, in that I concede to the informational distinction(s). As an example (which is worth redundancy here), matter relates to information just lik...
From another vantage point, I agree that Greed has little to do with natural selection/Darwinism/biological advantages and so on, particularly relativ...
Well thank you kindly for the compliment, I'm not worthy. BUT :joke: I will offer some response here. Firstly, wonder is a wonderful thing. I contempl...
Happy Tuesday! I think you already arrived at the answer, in that, generally speaking, it's mostly about achieving a balance. And, one should try to b...
If there is an answer to that, then, once we lead someone to curiosity, a great leap will have been made. Sadly, many people do not open themselves to...
In the Metaphysics , Aristotle says that it is wonder that led the first philosophers to philosophy, since a man who is puzzled thinks of himself as i...
T Clark! I'm not following 'the logic' on that. Maybe you could ask that question in another way. In other words, are you trying to equate consciousne...
Happy Monday! In the spirit of using some sense of logic, if the premise is that consciousness is not 'special' or that there is no 'mystery' associat...
What does that mean? Alternatively, I agree, logically it's as straightforward as consciousness, subconsciousness, and unconsciousness all tangled up ...
T Clark! Not to be glib, but in a word or so, consciousness is a mystery. You know kinda like God, cosmology, mathematics, music, and whole host of ot...
180's a good guy, but understandably, he tends to get a bit emotional/sensitive to defending his atheism. Of course, we know EOG topics by nature are ...
Yep! Much of practicing good philosophy (and science for that matter) is about knowing the right questions to ask. Those of us who dabble in it, often...
TMF! Thank you kindly for your contribution. Indeed, we have learned that some primates seem to exhibit varying degrees of curiosity, or even in a bit...
Look harder, you' ll find that music is metaphysical in that it has abstract structure (s). Quite enjoyable too! You know, it's kind of a universal la...
Abstract structures are metaphysical. Unfortunately, that's incorrect, since for one, consciousness has yet to be explained. Using your words it would...
Mr. Wood, I'm sorry, you did not read it correctly. Hint: "Why" is in the sentence. That's the important distinction. Physics doesn't care about the w...
The dishonest leadership (gaslighting) that was experienced was also caused or driven by the usual power & greed phenomenon of human nature: Love of p...
T Clark! Another wonderful day in the neighborgood! Ok, I shall summarize (our discussion), of what might be considered as the most salient of points ...
TClark! Thank you so much for your contribution thus far. Tomorrow I am going to take the liberty to summarize some minor concepts we uncovered, throu...
Can you please provide an example of that? I'm not sure I understand completely. While I can appreciate being sussinct, philosophy lives in words. Or,...
Ha! It's a abstract song (or story in your case) about worm holes. You know, seeing that music itself being abstract and all, seems to be as perplexin...
T Clark! I see. No exception taken, except for the fact that if mathematics and natural laws are stories, are we living in a mystical, fictitious or a...
Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the prese...
No end of abstract thoughts. The question is, is any other kind possible or conceivable? Lots have practical application, but that word "practical" is...
Gosh, I really don't know what to do with that Mr. Wood, sorry. I mean I wish to continue the discussion, but I'm not sure what you're trying to say o...
I'm not following that. "no context in nature?" What's here, among other things, is Time. Just so you don't loose sight of the subject matter: No end ...
Let's start with the fundamental definitions: Logical possibility: refers to a logical proposition that cannot be disproved, using the axioms and rule...
Using human thought as the only thing we have in this context, there are other 'abstract thoughts' that include things like multiverse theories, a di-...
Manuel! Well let's NOT put that aside for the moment. In our finitude, we have a hardware operating system that has limited knowledge, if you will. Li...
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