PeterJones

A very special gift usually reflects the nature/position of the donor. So what could be the gift in {I}? In brief, ‘IT’ offers me knowing, if I want t...

I feel Penrose is way wide of the mark. He cannot even show that consciousness is emergent, Basically he seems to be involved in a last ditch attempt ...

Lol, true religions are true and false religions are false. That’s your response, essentially? If so, well, okay, but then why do false religions stil...

You claimed that a practitioner would know what Buddhism (a religion) is. My point was that religious followers are notoriously often mislead. Ah. I w...

"Put another way, what if the psychic nutrition we seek can be found in the experience of observation itself, and is thus not dependent upon any insig...

And, I'm guessing such overactive analysis could be useful if we analyze our way to an understanding of the limits of such analysis. Not the most effi...

Praxis - "Unfortunately for those who died in Jonestown (a different religion than Buddhism), this is obviously false." What of Earth has Jonestown go...

Well, that would be a rather anachronistic idea. It is a science if we use the definition laid down by Popper, but this is a modern idea. If we are a ...

This is not at all what I said. I never mentioned a 'modern' perspective and wouldn't know what the phrase means. I regard the Perennial philosophy as...

What I'm suggesting is that we have a choice as to how to approach Mahayana Buddhism. As as science and practice it requires devoted meditation. As a ...

I'd be happy to say more. Perhaps we could start in philosophy. Mahayana Buddhism claims that the reason why all positive metaphysical positions are l...

I see your point, or your suspicion, but Buddhism is rather more sophisticated than a hammer..

I would say the carrot is not all or nothing. I discovered something important almost as soon as I first sat in zazen. This was lucky, I must admit, b...

Thanks. I feel that to ask whether Buddhism is a religion, a philosophy or a science betrays a misunderstanding, since the question assumes it cannot ...

I would say that whether Buddhism is a religion or philosophy depends entirely on our definitions. Theravada seems more like a religion and Mahayana m...

All good. If you want to know my view then it is explained by Sadhguru and Alan Watts in their youtube talks on Jesus.

I understand your pov on this issue, but I also understand mine. I don't need to read it to know I don't endorse it. .

Well, I read a couple of responses. You say you've used your theory 'to answer a number of Epistemological puzzles such as "Theseus's ship", and have ...

Your point is a fair one, but I see no point in reading an article that seems epistemilogically naive.even before I start reading. You can ignore me.

But do you have a clear idea of what kind of truths in such religions (or whatever they are called) a truth-seeker may be interested to know? The gene...

I more or less share your view, but probably rate abstrart thought a bit higher.

I don't really understand you response. It doesn't seem to be based on my comments but just re-iterates your dislike of my view. Let;s leave it. I kno...

"A totally independent person who doesn't join any other believers in their religious gatherings (usually known as rituals) could also be seen as a re...

I wasn't aware science had an explanation. It was not in that paper. To explain empathy one would have to explain consciousness. I appreciate you may ...

" I've used it to answer a number of Epistemological puzzles such as "Theseus's ship", and have used it in daily general assessment of whether I know ...

I would agree with little of the OP. You are putting the case from an exoteric/materialist/realist standpoint.- from which standpoint you would be cor...

"There are two problems about the ‘something from nothing’ && ‘something from something’ argument" I did not read all the OP but agree that both these...

I had a look at the paper but it doesn't appear to be relevant. .

Yes. I suppose you could call it 'non-dualism'. I endorse this because it appears to be true and because it solves all philosophical problems. .

In short, yes, although it may depend on how you define religion. For a Middle Way Buddhist, Taoist, Sufi, Advaitan etc there are no rules. There are ...

In the OP you're speaking about intellect, not consciousness. This is a very common approach in the West but it gets us nowhere. It is this sort of th...

I don't buy Price, Gould or Dawkin's analysis. Altruism is grounded in empathy and it is this that has to be explained. Altruism an empathy cannot be ...

You have an unusually low view of philosophy. But I suppose you're right for some so-called philosophers.

Some folks do seem to fear what they might find out, but they are not philosophers. Philosophy cannot be concerned with what we like and don't like.

Hi TVCL.I see you've tried to get to the bottom of this issue but I;m not sure it needs so many words. Logic cannot prove a truth about Reality, (as A...

Jack Cummins ; " I simply wish to ask the question of what is the purpose of philosophy?" To learn the truth. Unless you're asking about university ph...