You make a good point. I spoke sloppily. They are undecidable if one assumes that their extreme answers are an instance of A/not-A. For a neutral theo...
Clearly seen by you and me perhaps, and Kant and most philosophers, but apparently it's not obvious to everyone. I suppose someone can believe that tw...
If you cannot conceded that metaphysical questions are undecidable and feel it;s just my opinion then there will be no purpose in our talking about me...
I'd put Heidegger in a different class to Wittgenstein. I can't make head or tail of the Tractatus but the later Philosophical Investigations are naiv...
I have no comprehension of the mathematics and for philosophy it's not necessary to know more than that it works. The point is his reduction of form t...
Hmm. I see no reason to make this assumption.It;s something to work out or explore, not to preempt with assumptions. Your realisation of its unreality...
Yes. Nobody can understand philosophy for us. But what I;m suggesting is that you don't need to be a great thinker to do this. One just has to take ac...
I suppose you could say it;s a positive claim, but it;s not a positive metaphysical statement. Whatever it is it's a verifiable and demonstrable fact....
They are philosophy, yes, but look where it gets the people who take this approach. Good point about mathematics. It is this 'hygene' that I'm advocat...
This is exactly the sort of approach that I would warn everybody to avoid. If we do philosophy like this we will become lost forever in a muddle of id...
There are a few exceptions, of course, but for most philosophers it has only become practically possible to study this area of knowledge in recent tim...
Unless one is a meditative practitioner It would impossible to sort these issues out without a close study of metaphysics, and this would mean startin...
Eckhart is very clear. He states they are 'literally nothing'. They are something as appearances, of course, but for an ultimate analysis they are not...
I see this as an opinion since you cannot prove it. I would suggest it's an unnecessary assumption,and that it's best not to make it. Cartesian doubt ...
All this is very fair. I should have been more careful. Russell did express uncertainty as to whether Wittgenstein was a genius or a fool, and it's tr...
I appreciate that you were very polite about it, but it seems a bit brutal to just stop talking without an explanation. Could you just quote the words...
I'd say it's the only way to do business. I stated that metaphysical questions are undecidable. What else can this forum be for than exploring the fac...
Exactly! And no-thing is precisely what we need as the ultimate for a systematic fundamental theory. Again, Kant proves this. At any rate, mysticism w...
Because it's a matter of logic and experience. Kant famously makes the case. Even in modern astrophysics this is recognised, hence Victor Stenger's id...
Sorry to be dense, but I don't know what this means. I don't nee to work hard to justify what I said. I was agreeing with just about every philosopher...
You'll find that your view does not allow you to make sense of metaphysics or consciousness. You call this unchanging reality the 'classical understan...
Good point. But it;s not a definition. It;s a result of analysis. A fundamental theory must reduce space-time, motion and change. Heraclitus points ou...
It is simply a fact. All selective conclusions about the world as a whole are undecidable. This is demonstrable and old news. Figuring out what it imp...
Aha. I can show you how to untangle it. It requires knowing only two or three vital facts. If you know that all metaphysical questions are undecidable...
I found your post interesting but couldn't quite understand it. For the mystic time and change would not really exist and this is because they have se...
I also believe in the value of analysis, since although it cannot take us all the way to an understanding it clearly signposts what it is we need to u...
In this case we're on the same page. Waves on the ocean or sparks of the divine are common metaphors for our situation as individuals. “Dost thou reck...
I expect the book you mention is good in its way, but with the possible exception Augustine your post mentions no philosophers who understood mysticis...
Under analysis the phenomena of this world are found to be empty of substance or essence. This is not a metaphysical speculation bur a verifiable fact...
Okay. But in this case how do you explain the odd fact that the mystics have the only metaphysical theory that works? All others are rejected by analy...
Hmm. I'd say it is the only way to go. No other idea allows us to create a fundamental theory. The crucial idea here is the principle of nonduality an...
Nor me. I feel this is his biggest mistake. It leads him to the view we can know nothing about ultimate reality, which is NOt a logical result. But th...
But I can't follow the proof. Does this mean I can never know an example of G? I'd say computing is mathematics, so I'm not sure this is a valid examp...
Agreed in respect of discursive philosophers. For practitioners their authority is direct experience and not speculation. . This is interesting. Do yo...
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