Jack Cummins

That is an important point, the question of ought, because it comes down to values. These are central to any interpretation of what lies behind the su...

Yes, it is a good question whether it is my own question or one of our time. I am going to bed now as it is after 1am but if you or anyone else is int...

I just think that you need to avoid the creation of stereotypes and I am not convinced that you are going to really going to do any justice to the que...

Thank you, I will keep reading and thinking it through because I do see it as an important recurrent philosophical issue.

I created a thread as if it would involve some deep discussion over the weekend. In actual fact, I have probably created a topic that it would take a ...

Of course, it is entirely up to you how if you wish to form your hypothetical discussion but I would think that to take it out of historical context i...

I don't think that you can possibly explain the whole division between capitalism and socialism in one sentence. It is so much more complex. You say i...

I do believe that there already has been so much politics underlying science historically and that this has been extremely complex. A large part of it...

Yes, I do see that the question I have raised is rather large. I was thinking how it is central to all philosophy and that is why I raised it. But as ...

I am hoping that the crisis of the current time may call for the best combination between capitalism and socialism. Consumer materialism is starting t...

Many may disagree with what I am about to say, pointing to the need to be extremely systematic, going through the various important thinkers and field...

I agree, because the more I have thought about the nature of reality over the weekend, I come to the conclusion that Eastern philosophy has probably a...

Perhaps morality needs to combine the intentions and consequences. That is because a mere emphasis on consequences is a limited insight because it it ...

I am sorry to hear that your grandson is struggling. I think that your story is one which highlights the way in which what is going on in the world im...

I was interested in your specific point about the way in which you use you say that you prefer the word physical to the word material. At the time whe...

You say that, 'The phenomenal domain can be accorded reality without according it inherent or intrinsic reality'. Are you saying that there is no intr...

The way in which I believe that Kant's ideas are applicable is his whole idea of the transcendent. As far as I see it would mean that despite empirica...

I would say in argument against your point of view that truth can also be ugly. Here, I am speaking of realities such as poverty, injustice and suffer...

I was reading one of the replies which you sent to me and I see that you of how we 'can't distinguish between the real and unreal'. Surely, this compl...

I would say that the question of whether the cause of physicality is a very good one. That would be going to the point of seeing the collective uncons...

I think your question as to whether energy is material is an important one. I think that it is at the core of physics. I am not a physicist but I beli...

I would see cultures, values and goals as arising from humanity, but they are are part of the collective unconscious. I am not sure if this is what yo...

I have read a lot of Jung and Freud, as well as other writers on the unconscious. It is hard to know to what extent the unconscious refers to hidden m...

I have to admit that I am not coming from an empirical perspective really. I cannot say that philosophies such as that of John Locke or the determinin...

I am glad that someone on this site has read David Bohm and Krishnamurti, as I do believe that they are very important writers. I think that I may go ...

I would say that consciousness and unconsciousness are probably interrelated in a very complex way. They cannot be separated and and consciousness is ...

You speak about shared experiences of people.In thinking about this aspect of the question, I would point to the idea of the collective unconscious. T...

To a large extent, I would suggest that the purpose of life is not an intrinsic one, but is one which we create. We can find our own meaning and purpo...

Your response gives some useful points. In particular, I am glad that you noticed that I had written Sartre's idea back to front. I am surprised that ...

I do not deny that we are living within the material dimensions of existence. I am raising the question as one which is underlying most philosophies o...

I don't think that the question is about the whole dualist debate alone but about the whole way in which we think about life and death, trying to figi...

I think that my phone may have sent my post before I sent it because I was charging it. What I would say is that while I do value social distancing I ...

I believe that we need to wake up now. I hope that I am awake to the many dimensions of the problems of our time. However, what I see in so much of th...

I realise that you were not trying to narrow any views. I believe that we were both logging into the same thread at some point. Personally, I think th...

I am certainly not wishing to deny the material world. We are living it daily, with all the horrors it entails, including Covid_19. However, I do wond...

I would be interested to know what you think we are agreeing or disagreeing with, because I do wonder if the material world can or cannot be taken at ...

I would admit that I believe that there is a fine line between the material world and aspects beyond it, and it is from that angle that I raise the ar...

You raise a good question too, in asking what is material. In particular, how does the emotional stand, and to what extent is this simply an expressio...

I appreciate your answer. I would just say that I think that the whole question is of so important, because so many philosophical views are dependent ...

Does physical or mental reality precede one another, and how do we disentangle the two in a way which is meaningful to us?

It is questionable how we approach others points of view. How much is respect, and how much is about whether we think we know more than others. Who ca...

I believe in empirical speculation but do believe it has its limitations. Perhaps we are in danger of shutting off our philosophical quest if we remai...

I am most certainly open to the perspective you present. If anything, I would advocate a more open minded perspective, in the quest of enquiry.

I agree with you but in some ways we are stuck in between the daily realities which we have and abstract arguments, such as those which we have in the...

I would say that I began this thread partly in response to what you were saying to @"Gus Lamarch", with whom I have been discussing ideas relating to ...

To what extent are mental and physical reality identical? Are we not confronted by the split between mind and body, as it appears in the thinking of D...

I think that there are a lot of hidden aspects of life not being addressed under the guise of the importance of social distancing. One major aspect is...

I would say that my parents certainly came from the same perspective on art being about beauty. I was encouraged to do realistic art by my parents and...

I would agree that the pandemic is exhausting our morale. I think that you are right in saying that in war the moment of fighting passes, and in this ...

It seems a long time ago that I wrote my answers to you but I was pleased to get a reply. I have in the meantime been engaged in discussions about lif...