PeterJones

Why do you say there is no doubting them? It is not only possible to doubt the existence of your hands (as any more than appearances), but also your e...

All good examples. They're all about the information processing aspect of cognition, however, and leave open the possibility that this functional leve...

I've decided not to just leave it, but you can ignore this if you want. I said that metaphysical dilemmas and antinomies are examples of a faulty use ...

Hmm. No argument then. What was wrong with what I said at the start? .

Or is because they did not take a serious look?. This would my view. What evidence is there that consciousness arises from matter?

Why do you say there is no doubting them?

It's a good job that philosophers usually think more deeply than this. Have you not heard of the 'other minds' problem. It wouldn't arise if minds wer...

No 'thing' is solid, if by 'solid' you mean that it has some essence or substance at its heart. This was observed by Kant. It is shown by the philosop...

Quite so. I wonder why anyone is surprised. Why would anyone think matter gives rise to consciousness? Chalmers defines the hard problem as a problem ...

Moore must think sceptics are idiots. As if they;re going to read his argument and go 'Oh yes, I have hands, I hadn't notice that before'. About as us...

I'm sorry that you've not understood my posts but it's a bit cheeky to blame it on me. I can only assume you have no relevant objection to what I said...

My belief is that no 'thing' is metaphysically real. It may be real as an appearance, but appearances are reducible, This is Kant's view, or one way o...

Yes. Just as saying both answers exhaust the possibilities is guesswork. This is my point. You cannot prove there is such a thing as a metaphysical di...

I think my point was just that the church wants nothing to do with mysticism, for this states that the God of monotheism is a misinterpretation of exp...

If we ask whether we have won or lost the lottery then the answer will be yes or no. If we ask whether two plus two equals three or five then we are a...

I feel this is a vital observation. Orthodox theology simply does not make sense. Fortunately, this does not invalidate the teachings of Jesus but onl...

I feel it was only his death that saved him from excommunication, but you're right to say he was investigated and criticised rather than condemned. St...

Of course. But I've seen seen some dreadful stuff on Wiki. I once had to point out errors in an article on Nagarjuna and Buddhism to the Stanford Ency...

You and I have different understandings, but they're in the same ballpark and I don't; want to argue. I'd just note that when I use the word 'knowledg...

Despite its;crucial importance for philosophy this is a quite simple issue. Aristotle's rules for the dialectic include the rule for legitimate contra...

Logical fallacies committed by philosophers are ubiquitous. The greatest of all, and the the most damaging of all, is the idea that metaphysical probl...

He is profoundly heretical, but seems spot on to me. I suspect that if Christianity survives for another century it will because of people like him.

Thanks for the interesting overview. It makes sense to me. What does not make sense is the idea that faith is preferable to knowledge, or that knowled...

It seems we're on the same page, for this para sums up my view precisely. Christianity is dead if it does not wake up to this issue. The problem is, i...

I also find Wiki useful, but it's prone to errors and this is a very subtle and difficult topic. I reckon Russell's paradox is a good place to start s...

I see no point in relying to you. It's not as if you're interested. I cannot grasp why you would visit of philosophy forum. But no worries. We can jus...

I should apologies for my previous prickliness. I seem to have misinterpreted your comments and approach. What makes forum discussions so difficult is...

If you believe this you will never understand mysticism. But that's okay, unless you actually want to do so. I have the impression you're too sure it'...

No need for insults. t doesn't matter whether what I posted is a syllogism or not. The propositions I posted are true, and you can make of them what y...

I'm not sure how these comments are relevant here. It hardly needs saying that you cannot know whether someone else knows the truth. To know something...

Okay Tom. Regrettably I cant make them any simpler.

It's not described in these terms. Matter would be illusory, and the word 'spiritual' is more to do with occultism and theism than mysticism. The worl...

Pardon me but yes you did. You claimed that the mystics are naive, grandiose and by implication untrustworthy. I can't imagine how you arrived at this...

This has nothing to do with the knowledge claims of the mystics. I appreciate that you believe these claims are speculative, but I have the impression...

Not ultimately discrete, but usually discrete in our thoughts and ordinary experience. I'm endorsing the advaita (not two) doctrine, and if there are ...

Oh boy,.. You're calling the Buddha and Lao Tu naive and grandiose? But not yourself?

See post above.

You said that they may be wrong, in which case they are lying when they say they know the truth. The answers they would give to all your questions her...

Yes, people often confuse beliefs with knowledge, but avoiding doing this must be the very basis of any search for truth. The entire point of the myst...

There is no secure evidence that consciousness exists other than,our own experience. This would be why Behaviourism flourished in the sciences for a w...

Not sure what you mean by the question but you might like to look up the word 'Turiya'. . .

This is true for untestable and unfalsifiable claims, but I did not say the nondual doctrine is untestable or unfalsifiable. It is testable and falsif...

Mystics claim to know the truth, and for the most advanced to actually BE the truth, so you're claiming they are liars. No mystic who ever lived claim...

In this case you're not speaking of a fundamental theory, . They can be overcome. They have no impact on my TOE. I won't expand because to do so would...

I feel the important point here is that it was constructed. That is, it is an invention of interpreters, not a Divine revelation direct to the Pope an...

Just a note. I doubt that this is BK's view, although his language is sometimes imprecise on this point. He has come around, I believe, perhaps partly...

It is said that enlightenment is always sudden since it is outside time. The thing is that 'integrating explosive growth' does, as you say, take time....

I'd say consciousness depends on being aware of itself and that the idea of consciousness existing but not being aware of itself is oxymoronic. You mi...

These ideas are very definitely testable. To state otherwise would be to say that every mystic who has ever claimed to know the truth is or was a liar...

Could you define the word 'universe' here? Do you mean the space-time universe or the 'world as a whole'. These are very different things. . . .