It is interesting that you resuscitated this thread because I have been thinking about the theism/debate recently. It is an extremely complex area and...
I agree that sexuality is such a wide spectrum range from biology, psychology and culture. However, in thinking about narcissism the psychology aspect...
I am not sure to what extent Bergson's idea of mind as 'filter' can be taken literally. It is speculative in the sense that one can only pinpoint the ...
Defining 'mind' is extremely problematic and entire volumes have been written with this aim by Hegel and so many writers, including Gilbert Ryle's 'Co...
Without a brain there is no imagination or capacity to reflect, as you point out. Imagination and reflection are process related. I am wondering wheth...
Yes, I am probably 'wrong' to speak of some beings or objects as more 'real' than others. It would come down to the issue of more 'real' for whom? Con...
I am sorry if you don't understand my argument. Part of this may come down to how 'objects'are understood. Are they as real as conscious beings; or mo...
Generally, respect of others is important. It is complicated when ideas are so much in conflict. Part of the art may be about seeing the positive argu...
Quantum.fields may be important in understanding of consciousness and panpsychism. It is this aspect which may be significant, or dismissed, in the de...
The duality of body/brain is inherent in nature. There is the problem of seeing consciousness in the brain alone, as opposed to the nervous system and...
So much of human understanding is concrete as opposed to symbolic. Part of this dilemma comes down to the question of what the human imagination stand...
What I wonder about most in reading ideas of Spinoza, and others, including Shopenhauer; is to what extent ideas like reincarnation and resurrection a...
There is so much to be questioned in theory and human experience. With diagnostic criteria of body dysmorohic disorder, erroneous perception comes int...
I do struggle with the clear distinction between life/ death and mind/matter. Prior to interaction on this forum, I definitely believed in disembodied...
I am still grappling with the label and ideas of substance dualism. I have had a number of discussions with @"180 Proof" about it and how Spinoxa's ph...
An interesting outpost, as so much can go wrong in the mirror. The reflection in the mirror physically and psychologically is the foundation of person...
By the 'One' I am referring to 'mind' although I am not a dualist. I don't think that body and mind are separate with the body as container. It is far...
Even if rocks were seen as having some consciousness, it is unlikely that human beings would care. Generally, ecology been dismissed and human beings ...
Thank you for the summary of Whitehead's philosophy relating to panpsychism. I will try to explore his ideas further because immanence and transcenden...
With the interaction between humans and objects, while the objects don't have consciousness in their own right, I do wonder if human consciousness per...
I haven't read Whitehead but would like to, in order to consider the idea of 'God' as imminent or transcendent. Of course, it does go back to debate r...
Yes, it is a good question as to whether everything being seen as cells, like brain cells, is equivalent to panpsychism. I do think that James Loveloc...
In thinking about the comparison between panpsychism and ancient ideas of 'ensoulment' I am wondering about its comparison with paganism. I have also ...
The 'unity of experience' raises questions because it involves so much. Plotinus's idea of the 'One' is useful though. That is because it links the na...
I was a little unsure of the description of Strawson's ideas. It would be too simplistic if any panpsychist thought that rocks were alive in a similar...
Panpsychism is a way of trying to understand connections and the source of that which is not a sentient form. Objects have a role in the world and uni...
I can see Strawson's argument because experience is the central to being alive. A chair or a rock doesn't experience the person sitting on it, even th...
Awareness is a term which is used in many different ways, like consciousness. What a too wide use of the term misses is the capacity for reflective aw...
The issue of experiential sentience (sensing and knowing) is important in considering the idea of panpsychism. Both sensory experiences and developmen...
Theoretically, if objects were seen as having consciousness it could be argued that they need to be treated with greater respect. There is the questio...
I like your detailed post. Mold is certainly an issue with sick building syndrome, related to damp. It can lead people to become sick physically. Simi...
Yes, I agree that objects, including buildings, are different from a rock. That is because objects include human interventions in design. However, eve...
Defining consciousness is not a simple task for a dictionary definition. That is because apart from different usage of the term it involves so much in...
I wonder if you are seeing consciousness as being about the processes of being alive, as in that respect it is the same. However, rocks and crystals a...
I have just read the link on contatus and definitely see immanence as important as opposed to 'supernatural'. However, I am not sure that the idea of ...
I know what you mean, as my path in life has gone a bit weird. The issue may not be the daimon as such but what we need to learn in life. I have a mix...
My understanding of the idea of daimon is of a spiritual power, but it is not the same as demon. I read a book on the topic by Brian Ingliss, 'The Unk...
There is also the issue as to what extent 'soul' can be seen as an independent 'entity' or as a source, especially in relation to individual experienc...
The concept of the 'soul' is one which is believed in by most religions and ancient philosophers, but rejected by many materialistic thinkers. In many...
The concept of eternity and the idea I'd eternal recurrence are interesting in relation to the question of how will time end? It is a perspective in a...
I do realise that you were not trying to be reductive in a minimising or reductive way. The argument which you develop is similar to ideas developed b...
This is an interesting questionable area, whether time is a concept in the mind, or an independent aspect of existence. Time is about the experience o...
It is a wide topic, but one of importance. The idea of existential angst is central. I have read Kierkegaard's 'Fear and Trembling', and found it wort...
I like the way in which you personify or anthromorphise time, especially as all forms of existence are dependent upon it. Time may be a dimension, or ...
Somehow, I missed your post, but it makes an important point about the unknown. What came before the 'big bang' or after any 'end' remains unknown. Th...
Part of the reason why I have not written more in the thread which I created is because I do see the 'end' of time as problematic. It would require st...
In terms of systems thinking, directionality is important and hierarchies. The only way in which directionality could be seen in metaphysics would be ...
There being two football teams playing seems to be what happens in cultural wars, whether it is over religion or gender issues. As for 'the same rules...
It may be that the question of the war between good and evil, or the picture of a wider scheme of opposites was a complex dialogue in ancient thinking...
The analogy between the death of the universe and the human experience of death is an interesting one. The question is whether: death=nothingness=unco...
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