Thanks Pop, I think I missed this. No, it's my own philosophy, but it is inspired by Kant; existentialism, cognitive science, theoretical physicist Pa...
Pop! That's a great question! I'll certainly defer to 180 sharing his thoughts, especially concerning human sentience, but wanted to assist in another...
This makes me think of the distinctions between objective truth and subjective truth. We can assume objectively that we all have self-awareness, but w...
Yep, me too! Well said. Another Maslonian mantra assoc. w/the dangers of dichotomizing things. Life is not like engineering, where if its not A, the b...
Ha, love it! (Gee , btw, what is love-don't get me started LOL) Back at-cha: If it sounds good; it IS good-Miles Davis (That btw, was in response to t...
In keeping with your theme of self-organization (logic), here's a simple example of Kant's (and Socratic) intuition that many of us can relate to... ....
I think if one were to split hairs, the esoteric definitions or distinctions you posit would still not preclude the most obvious interpretation of his...
180! Thanks for your input! As you pointed out, there are two camps: "Other scholars have argued that Spinoza is a pantheist, just because he does ide...
In a word no. Of course that assumes we're referring to metaphysical ontology (see video). The theory closest to I think what you're referring to that...
In the context of the metaphysics of time, eternity etc , thinking is a process but being is a state. When I think my mental state changes with time b...
Gotcha, I get it now, thanks for the clarification! FYI- there is very little Mr. Wood and I agree on, but that's ok!! If we didn't have differences, ...
Agreed. I have the book and find it an indispensable reference! Just curious as to your take on this. Do you think Kantian intuition, noumenon, etc. i...
Good point, I wonder why? If logic cannot explain existence ex-nihilo, could it be that he universe is absurd and meaningless, or is understanding of ...
In the spirit of Metaphysics, explain for us what it means to you to apperceive meaning? “The temptation to belittle others is the trap of a budding i...
Point well taken. As the video suggested, the part of metaphysics that's intriguing is that it uses logic to arrive at illogical conclusions which in ...
You're in a Metaphysic's thread, not a uninformed political one. Not sure why you're even participating in this one because in either case, you're cer...
Unfortunately, using logic, the subconscious and conscious mind would transcend common logic. Like the law of bivalence, one cannot clearly delineate ...
I think it's both, much like the notion that time is eternity, eternity is time. Time has a paradoxical element(s) to it. Consider simple time travel ...
Pop! Just two clarifications on that point: 1. The point I'm making is that if we consider consciousness a self-organized being, then it implies Kanti...
No. The Will, using pure reason, is one unexplained feature of consciousness. You may want to take a refresher on the basics of logic. As mentioned ea...
Which of course is no different than the logical explanation of human consciousness itself. And so one can say it is beyond/transcends logic. Mr. Ray!...
Ahhh, could not be further from the truth! Much like time itself, metaphysics is not so neet and tidy. ? You may want to review the video... And that'...
Sure it seems that human consciousness itself is abstract, mysterious and illogical... much like (and not any different than) the concept of God. That...
Hello Francis Ray! Thank you for your contribution. That is a very intriguing supposition. What do you mean by, unique metaphysical doctrine that is n...
Thanks Pop! If we try to put logic to consciousness obviously we encounter many problems that are vague, as it should be. For example, considering how...
In that same sense as we know metaphysics includes all that which is behind reality, does this mystery you & I refer to also relate to the Christian (...
Gee, I'm glad you're being honest. I wouldn't want it any other way :smile: Allow me challenge you. Okay. Can you make it clear? Really? What's abstra...
Xtrix! No, I'm not convinced that it's a projection. Why would you surmise such? Words are logical, not abstract. Consciousness is abstract, just like...
I'm a little short on time at the present moment. However, Kant's Metaphysics, IMO, revolves around (discovery of) the synthetic a priori. This notion...
Oddly enough (now I'm being a bit opinionated here) I agreed with Dennett in the interview on the importance of Metaphysics in Philosophy and the part...
I am familiar with Dennett, but not that fellow from MIT who I'm referring to.... . In any case, some of his bullet-point comments, which were general...
If you scroll over to the second to last philosophical interview (starting at about 20:20), I'm sure you would agree that consciousness is indeed our ...
Other than the regressive nature of same, it seems to come back to mathematical structures, which in themselves, appear to us as abstract entities or ...
Mr. Wood, Thanks again for your question(s). I would suggest you, at the very least, start here (that way you might find you'll have to reformulate mo...
Mr. Wood, Thank you for the question. Religion is a part of life science which is a branch of natural science and natural phenomena (Christianity--->J...
If matter itself (consciousness) has an atomic structure such as neurons, protons, and electrons, etc. and at some point their description can only be...
You mean Metaphysics? As alluded to earlier metaphysics in this context means the study of topics about physics. Traditional metaphysical problems hav...
Hello Mr. Wood: Thank you for your input. Let's parse one at a time. If my experiences are made of nothing (as you seem to be implying), are you sugge...
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