"Even thought they’d already so many chosen, They just didn’t want to keep notions so frozen; So they met to merge the postulations into one, Thinking...
Sorry had to catch a workout. Ok on your first point yes we agree daydreaming while driving can be associated with boredom viz. stream of consciousnes...
1. Sure it's logical to be aware of your consciousness but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about awareness and control of your subconsc...
It's existential, ultimately you have no control over that constant flow of ideas. There is no choice to stop your stream of consciousness. Otherwise ...
"Consciousness : The awareness of existence in a mental, physical or spiritual experience or a combination of these three realities. " OMG problem sol...
….interesting. Computer ethics is definitely an intriguing topic, particularly relative to robots and the marketing of products and services. Accordin...
"I am the teacher. Disprove me on the battlefield (dialectic), or bend the knee x " In good faith, I'll take the challenge! Ready: Does God exist a pr...
Hey ya'll...be easy on Phil. This could be a teaching moment for him. Just overlook the Fundy stuff/old paradigm's and help him out. Like you say the ...
One analogous way of thinking about consciousness is the cosmological super computer. Think of your brain as the hard drive with some built-in operati...
Sort of a painfully obvious question occurred to me that is more of a 'houskeeping' matter: do you think Darwinian ethics included discussing all bran...
Ask not what philosophy can do for you, but what you can do for philosophy." John F Kennedy. Hahahaha! that's too funny!!!! Hey Wayfarer, just remembe...
As you may or may not know, the Stoics practiced indifference toward external influences, in Greece during the fall of Rome. Stoicism was useful not o...
"Most of the times, you cannot do that, because Religion contain a lot of accounts that cannot be objectively verified. " In a quick attempt to parse ...
Nice post! Like a lot of things in life; most Philosophy is dynamic, not static. Exceptions might include Logic and Existentialism. Knowing the right ...
Your first quote reminded me of this one. I thought this was interesting considering of course, his Atheism: "If we do discover a complete theory, it ...
"I don't see any out-of-the-ordinary philosophical implications there." Great! Are you thinking that would simply indicate that the subconscious mind ...
"Obviously God didn't send any revelation, but that is not a proof that he doesn't exist, and that he doesn't care about us. No! he can still exist an...
To answer the original concern, are you referring to the Liar's Paradox (propositions of self-reference)? I'm not exactly sure, but I think those woul...
Hello SC! Thank you for the reply (sorry so late, been extremely busy). In summary, from your reply I think your short answer is: You/we don't really ...
"Consciousness causes collapse: Your mind creates the river. And the boat." Hey Andrew, just curious, would that be more in keeping with an Idealist m...
Waking up this morning made me think of another illogical phenomena of sorts. When my Boze radio alarm went off , I awoke to my familiar pre-selected ...
"I believe, Plato was advocating for objective view of beauty." "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, —that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to kn...
Hello sophisticat! ( by the way what kind of cats do you own? I used to have a few himalayan's and I actually had a dream about baby Lions last night ...
Hey SC! I know, it appears that I have fallen and I can't get up! If someone tells me these are just extra-chance-random features of consciousness, th...
[reply="Bartricks;d6624" Bartricks just a quick question. Were you able to dip your toes into any Freudian Psychosexual waters? Any theories there wor...
Sure.....In the context of miracle's/logic, as well as religious beliefs, I would say more specifically the choice is made through inductive reasoning...
"We don't have the data nor the tools to give you a good answer." As far as making perfect sense of it, that's basically it. However, the tenants of D...
Hey TMF! Firstly, in a Kierkegaardian sense, no. The will to believe is a choice. To me, pragmatically, it's no different than any other faith I hold;...
As an amusing anecdote, in my 'daily professional walk' I engage with a smile (part of law of attraction) , and when I tell people " Happy Monday " fo...
Regarding nihilism, in the OT The Book of Ecclesiastes asks a lot of existential questions that can get a little depressing. Part of the NT on the oth...
Excellent!! ... Hence why philosophy should allow itself not to necessarily stay pigeonholed, and to access tools from both sides of the aisle as the ...
I forgot...I might add an important footnote: Sharing subjective experiences (knowledge from introspection) with one another is not without its virtue...
I know I'm missing some other pieces, but here are some distinction's that emerged: Introspection- an activity that draws from experience. That experi...
No worries, I felt like there was another missing component to the discussion that could be helpful. Thus here was my reasoning below: -NDE's have bee...
Reading through both of our comments made me think of, how to articulate ineffable experiences: " But perhaps we can pinpoint the nature of the thing ...
A lot of good stuff to unpack there for sure. Just some quick comments. Ironically enough, my best friend who is an engineer , we have yearly mantra's...
In trying to revisit some theories relative to EM fields of consciousness : "My hypothesis is that consciousness is the experience of information, fro...
...another ironic thing about the act of introspection is, once one decides to embark on the self-discovery process, something completely novel can be...
Sam I want to applaud you for the work you've done, as I feel like it was very well-thought-out. As we all know the conclusion from inductive reasonin...
"Would an omnipotent god know this? Why would an omnipotent god require and/or rely on "belief" at all if this is what Satan requires in order that "b...
I'm having difficulties following you. The only thing I can gather from your statement is the concept of logical necessity relating to Cosmology and c...
In the context of Religion, you could say belief would be 'less of a virtue' when making a priori statements about a Deity. For example, the Ontologic...
This is very very sad particularly when you hear or read reports about gay people committing suicide. To say the very least, the right-wing Fundies sh...
Great thread! I studied NDE's awhile back and this is a great refresher. (And I read through some of the responses but not all.) What was the consensu...
If it makes you feel any better the Bible is in error on gays. Ambiguous genitalia babies were either not discovered, or not taken into consideration ...
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