PeterJones

It would actually be progress but in evolutionary terms it would be a sudden catastrophic change of course, not an evolution. To abandon dualism would...

I can see this point. But I feel mathematicians are somewhat to blame for not being able to explain why the issue is important beyond mathematics, whi...

Okay. I get this. Okay. But what is an example of G for some system T? . I get this. I just don;t see it's significance beyond mathematics. Stephen Ha...

To be clear. it's not just my approach, it's the Perennial philosophy. You might like to look at Buddhism's doctrine of two truths. This states that s...

Okay. But this is not a metaphysical idea. In metaphysics the idea that time and space are truly real doesn't survive analysis. It is a difficult idea...

Yes. It has to be both or neither. This is Weyl's view also. As an illusion extension it is just as real as it seems to be, but as a metaphysical phen...

What metaphysical presupposition are requited for physics? I cannot think of any but perhaps I'm missing something. . .

Ah. So you disagree with Kant? He concludes that it is a necessary definition of the ultimate phenomenon that it cannot be perceived or conceived sinc...

Yes. The idea of the eternal now requires the idea that we can transcend the experience-experiencer duality. As you seem to say, if we cannot do this ...

To be 'punctiform' is to be a point with no extension. Thus the 'eternal now' is outside of time.and should not be thought of as a brief amount of tim...

Sorry but I don;t quite understand your post. What do you mean by 'independent object'? . .

I'd rather say physics doesn't need to make metaphysical suppositions. It has banished metaphysics to a different department. Physicists often stray i...

You might like the read Herman Weyl's famous book on the continuum. He correctly states that we do not experience time. It is a fiction created from m...

Yes, a fair point. It's only a very small step from your neutral phenomenology to transcendental idealism, which is a neutral metaphysical theory. But...

This is clearly true, and it must be frustrating trying to talk to people who can't follow the calculations. Still, I find it odd that it's so difficu...

The point is that phenomenology is exclusively concerned with observable phenomena or appearances and has nothing to say about the origin and essentia...

Thanks. I read GEB many years ago and enjoyed it but was unable to see its importance. This may or may not be because it went over my head. I did like...

These textbooks are not explaining transcendental idealism. The phrase 'transcendental ego' is an oxymoron since the ego would be an illusion, and the...

I find your approach odd. That the ultimate is not mind or matter is the claim of the Perennial philosophy, and I wonder why you don't consider this a...

For the world of time and space this is the case. But what Sartre is saying, and also Kant,and the Perennial philosophy, is that by reduction all pers...

The idea of a transcendental subject or ego sounds like dualism to me and not a fundamental idea. For a fundamental theory the subject and and the ego...

Thank you to all those who've spent time explaining this but for me it's probably a lost cause. I'm unable to make sense of it. My interest is in the ...

Thanks for trying, it's much appreciated, but I can't see the mathematical significance of a self-referential statement that states 'This sentence' is...

Thanks. I tried to read the linked article but it goes over my head. It seems it is impossible to explain this issue to non-mathematicians.

For me the problem starts with 'This sentence is not provable'. This is meaningless. It does not state what is not provable. It would make no more sen...

Sure. I'm one of them, and I get some attention. . If a change doesn't challenge the approach of academic philosophy to the core then it's unimportant...

I would say you have a very common but wildly incorrect view of metaphysics. It's almost as if you haven't read a book about it. Suppose you ask wheth...

At least the scientific community now accepts that consciousness exists and this is certainly progress. I don't share your view that it is making prog...

I feel 'flimsy pseudo-science' is an apt description for modern academic consciousness studies. . It is flimsy because it has no metaphysical foundati...

Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. Muddled thinking. For a fundamental theory extension must be reduced. This deals with propositions 5, 6, 7 and 7 and 8.

One person's;new idea is someone else's old one. I look forward to the time philosophers consider it part of their job to study the Perennial philosop...

Yep. There are all sorts of ideas out there, But only one survives close analysis.and has the ability to explain philosophy. For nondualism the subjec...

Yes! This is exactly what we need to do. The only way to do it is to assume consciousness is fundamental and prior to all the distinctions that give r...

Sorry about this. It isn't at all vague but perhaps it looks that way. My basic point is that your idea of consciousness is bound to lead to problems....

It seems mostly to be bang in line with the orthodoxy, but clearly he restricted what he said for the reasons you mention. In mysticism Jesus us usual...

You can, yes, and then both statements would be untrue. Of course not. But most people would say that the statement 'We are and are-not; is a contradi...

Have you examined the suggestions of the Buddha, Lao Tzu and the Upanishads? Afaik there is no other explanation for consciousness that works. . Okay....

I would say that the need for a paraconsistent;logic that you speak of is a misperception. They're not paraconsistent descriptions, albeit they seem c...

You're right., Dualism is hopeless. The solution would be nondualism. I'm suggesting such knowledge is not out of reach. To show that it is out of rea...

I liked your post as it raises interesting issues, but do do agree. I'd be interested to know why you believe Eckhart's view requires that we abandon ...

What creates suffering if god created the world ? If we assume God created everything then we must assume this includes suffering. If He hadn't create...

If it is primitive consciousness doesn't arise. What would arise is intentional 'subject/object consciousness, Life is a different issue. Why do you t...

I don't believe it's possible to define the hard problem in such a way that it cannot be solved or has not already been solved. Chalmers originally de...

The Perennial philosophy, aka mysticism, nondualism, advaita. This states that consciousness and realty are the same phenomenon. It is endorsed by all...

It may be tested in experience and logic. The problem for me is that this is a big topic and deserves a thread of its own. Perhaps the most obvious te...

Perhaps you're right. I don't know him but am focusing on his argument about hands. If he cannot see the obvious flaws in this argument then I'm not t...

I;d say it has been explained. The point is that it can't be explained within a materialist framework, and can't be studied by poking around in the br...

Agreed. I wasn't suggesting it can't be done.

I would disagree strongly and suspect you just haven't examined the counter evidence. But leaving that aside, how can an untestable theory be scientif...

Exactly. Moore's arguments are metaphysically naive. They assume that the true reality of our naively realistic extended world cannot be doubted. Thes...