It does seem that so much time and energy is spent in explaining and thinking about the nature of consciousness. Of course, I have read the thread abo...
This may be a large question which arises in the area between philosophy and quantum physics..I wonder to what extent the findings of the physicists w...
I do think that the question of what is matter is extremely important, especially in relation to the underlying one of mind and matter. It can be aske...
We could ask what is physical and what is not. In some ways, this may appear as a stupid question, but, on an experiential level of existence in terms...
We could ask is the physical the starting point for mind? I am not saying that they are not, but I do wonder about this, especially in relation to phi...
It is indeed a puzzle and I imagine that 180 Proof may have something to say if he is not sick and tired of this underlying question in philosophy. I ...
We could ask about the whole nature of correspondences and causation in general. The brain may be the apparatus of the mind, but the exact nature of c...
Definitely Buddhism, or its many writers, have a lot to say about ego consciousness and the way in which the 'I' can be seen as illusory in certain re...
I think that your point about the idea of inner 'voices' is important because the 'I' may be experienced as a range of voices of thoughts although mos...
You are quite right to speak of how a sense of'' I' is central to experiences, including the good and bad moments, because the ego consciousness is a ...
Yes, I can even see myself as a set of particles and how the ''I' may fragment at times. I am not entirely sure how beneficial the 'I' consciousness i...
I think that our posts may have been written at the same time. In relation to your latter post, one question which I wonder about is inner and outer a...
I wonder what would happen if it was concluded that 'I' is a complete illusion and whether as a matter of language it would even be possible to go bey...
I think that you have raised such an important question and some may believe that 'enlightenment' is possible and others may remain sceptical of the i...
It is hard to know where metaphors end and the literal exists, especially in terms of the self and the fictions about this construct. In many ways, it...
I think that you are right to emphasise the power of music and how it can make someone do -'anything'. It has a hypnotic quality. I do wonder about th...
You are probably right to interpret the 'strange loop' as being based on metaphor, but, in a way all thinking and construction of models is based on w...
The idea of the 'fictional self' may be so essential to human identity because the it is bound up with the autobiographical development of the 'I', wh...
Hofstadter's idea of the 'strange loop' as a means of self reference in consciousness is fascinating. So, thanks for sharing that as part of the natur...
So, do you think that the continuity of memories, often formulated as 'identity', is illusory? Surely, this would almost be supportive of the idea tha...
In that sense, it may be an emergent state of a way of organising consciousness. However, in some ways, it seems odd that each of us a sense of onenes...
Definitely the sense of 'I' is partly learned within social environments. The whole distinction between the child and mother is recognised by psycholo...
I am not sure to what extent the idea of 'I' relates to self, ego consciousness, and it is likely that these constructs have changed so much in accord...
Yes, the relationship between the construct of the self and the 'I' is not straightforward. It does seem to be an aspect of awareness arising in brain...
Humour is extremely important in life and without it everything can become so heavy and dull, especially with all the big philosophy questions. I know...
You are probably right that it is more in popular genres that people are inclined to stop exploring music after teenage or student years. Even though ...
I read a book on logic recently, called'The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World That Doesn't,' by Eugenia Cheng(2019). The author shows how log...
It is probably true that there are more musicians who are not good at maths than those who are. I agree that music can be so experimental, 'like paint...
The relationship between dance and music or between music and prayer is an important aspect of music. I actually meditate to dance music, and when I t...
It does often seem that those who are good at maths are also good musicians too and I have often wondered about why that relationship exists. Perhaps,...
I am not saying that logic and rationality aren't important because they are essential, but it does not mean that anything beyond that is 'incomprehen...
I think that the way music and memories goes deep. In particular, I was once running music appreciation groups in ana mental health ward for older adu...
I also wonder about the nature of the power of dance music as a way of uplifting the spirit and emotions. I do have a lot of dance; trance etc and don...
I suppose what I mean by rationality in this context is how I would usually justify music taste, such as how I would argue that the music and lyrics i...
It is hard to even know why some music makes sense to us and some doesn't. A friend bought me a classical compilation a few years ago, with a hope tha...
My own basic intuition is that music may open up the imagination, to so much more possible ways of thinking and perceiving reality. Obviously, it is i...
Vibrations may be important in music, as suggested in the The Beach Boys' song, 'Good Vibrations', and I hardly dare think what the bad vibrations are...
I wonder how much musical taste is nature or nurture. So far, in this thread I may have pointed to what is listened to in music in early childhood as ...
I wonder what the worst possible sound can be. The worst, from my point of view, is jarring sounds in the night, which prevent sleeping. But, some peo...
I am inclined to wonder how much words and music are interrelated on some level, especially in poetry. Many of those who wrote have combined the two, ...
Sound may have such power at a subliminal level. I have even come across the idea that sound can kill. Hopefully, it does not go that far, but I stopp...
I read more about Schopenhauer's ideas recently and I am trying to get hold of his writings. Personally, I do link Nietzsche's ideas with those of Jim...
Yes, it is a big topic and I am sure that you appreciate this as I know that you find music to be such an important aspect of life. I just know that m...
The Eastern and Western approaches are interesting and may have implications for how music is understood or appreciated. But, even in our culture I wo...
Actually, I have only ever smoked when 'dope ' has been part of the mixture rather than just tobacco. But, coming back to music, I do wonder about wid...
In many ways, I agree that so much of thinking is built around metaphors and the whole symbolic levels of reality. However, when I was reading the boo...
I just found it to be an interesting story really. I am not saying that much should be read into it. If anything, it may be about conflicts between th...
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