It is not physics. It is metaphysics. But because it is associated with physics, then it attracts a kind of scientific imprameteur, which is fallaciou...
Having no inherent reality or real being; their nature is imputed to them, not intrinsic to them, in accordance with their causes, context and the int...
I think the knowledge of one’s ignorance is actually a theme in the perennial philosophy. ‘He who knows it, knows it not’, and ‘he who speaks, does no...
No argument from me! A lot of the reaction is driven by the fear of religion. As Plato became appropriated into theology, then he’s become a victim in...
You have Adobe Acrobat? If you don’t, do a search for Adobe Acrobat Reader. The document is a PDF file, needs Adobe Acrobat reader to open. http://mic...
Matter exists - but it lacks intrinsic reality. Materialism must insist that matter does have intrinsic reality, in fact that only matter has intrinsi...
I have never read the expression 'base matter'. I google it, and the #1 hit is Aristotle's 'prima materia'. Somehow, I'm sure that's not what you mean...
Can't you see?? The 'base matter' has been found to have no base. That is why there was/is a conceptual crisis in physics. That is why the books I kee...
Sure, but I think major parts of his philosophy is still out of harmony with today's zietgeist, pretty much as Demos says. Thanks, that's an interesti...
Also Ruth Kastner - https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/context/quantum-mysteries-dissolve-if-possibilities-are-realities Restores the concept of 'degree...
Yeah all the time. The second most popular interpretation is Everett, which I find ridiculous. I think QBism has a lot going for it. You know that one...
That's because that's not what I think idealism means. Ever since we've discussed this topic, I've tried to make this point. I don't think any of the ...
The problem being that physics, intent on discovering the fundamental physical constituents of reality, found itself embroiled in epistemology instead...
That's true. It's part of the issue. In my teens I wrote a song, never finished, called 'Jigsaw of Sky'. It was about the idea that, usually with a ji...
The question of whether Plato (and Socrates) were actually monotheistic is a vexed one. I think the most straight-forward reading is that they were no...
I think the - shall we say - irreligious reading of Plato is owed to the irreligious nature of today's culture. It's not that Plato was 'a believer' -...
The form of idealism I believe is true, is that the apparently external world is inextricably bound to and by our cognitive abilities - that we see th...
The point about reason, language and imagination is that it can 'see into the possible' - it can discover ideas and make them real. No animal can do a...
Not only does time slow down, but mass increases. So the greater the velocity, the greater the mass - and at some point in near-light speeds, the mass...
The question of whether the mind is a thing. I said, 'mind is not a thing', which is making a polemical point. If it's not a thing, then how to concei...
You said, when asked for examples of non-material things: So, do you believe that these non-material things (or rather, beings) are real? Because mate...
Apparently there are non-material things, though: And angels are categorised as incorporeal, intelligent beings, although admittedly it is difficult o...
Where can DNA be found outside living organisms? Actually, there's an argument that proto-organic matter might exist in vast quantities in interstella...
I support @"Fooloso4"'s efforts in these threads. It is extremely useful to have methodical expositions of Platonic dialogues such as these. I take is...
They’re pretty close. I would say epistemic idealism makes it more clear that in referring to the primacy of mind, we’re not talking about objective r...
Physicalism can’t really be ‘nuanced’. If it’s ‘nuanced’ then it’s no longer physicalism. What you’re reporting on is really the various fallback posi...
Sure - but do a lot of reading on it. It’s a genuinely interesting question and there’s a ton of material. I don’t know where you’re up to in your lif...
Nope. The mind is definitely not a thing. The brain, insofar as it’s a thing, is an object of study for the neurosciences, and is the most complex thi...
Einstein’s famous equation, e=mc2, establishes the equivalence of matter and energy, but where does ‘intelligence’ fit into that? In current theory, i...
I think there needs to be. Actually, it’s amazing that there isn’t more of an outcry about it. I suppose that it’s because it’s just one item in an av...
The title could have been written as ‘what the Foucault is an author?’ Not that I have any interest in, or knowledge of, the subject, but it’s just a ...
That’s what scrapbooks are useful for ;-) You throw around ‘stuff’ pretty easily, but in the context its meaning ought to be carefully considered. Wha...
Hope you don't mind this long quote, but I have found it useful in marking out the territory. It's actually from an essay on Buddhist philosophy, but ...
More on cloning - scary article from The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/just-say-no-to-human-monkey-chimeras With respect to...
I should also add, the only forms of ‘apotheosis’ that Western liberal individualism can imagine are either the indefinite prolongation of existence t...
That's the question. I don't know if literal extinction is a threat but there's a lot of conditions short of extinction that would still be horrendous...
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