PeterJones

I feel this is a vital point. By the same token, one cannot build a perfectly consistent materialistic system. These things do not work in metaphysics...

Good point. There's a reason mathematicians begin their proofs with definitions. I wasn't tempted to read the long OP without being clear at the start...

Even three months later I would strongly disagree. I say this in case you want to discuss the point.

In his metaphysical essay Appearance and Reality F. H. Bradley say of materialism and orthodox theology that they 'vanish like ghosts before the dayli...

. Much of it is about the difficult decision of whether or not to take up arms, and it's a deep analysis.

I find this passage revealing of Sartre's view of consciousness, which I share.. “It has always seemed to me that a working hypothesis as fruitful as ...

This makes sense. It might be worth mentioning up front. I'm not sure the question is properly answerable. Over the course of seven decades I've had m...

Okay. I don't understand your point but perhaps this is my fault.

“You think seeing something is a simple task because it happens so rapidly and automatically, but beneath the surface it is as if a thousand high-powe...

I see your point. But to me a better analogy would be asking how aliens are experienced. The question takes a lot for granted and may have no answer.

Thanks for the reassurance. .

I believe it is a process, and as such requires time. Is this arguable? . .

I did not read further than this because your initial premise seems to be incorrect, or at least may be. . . In mysticism God is explained as misinter...

I have never been able to grasp what it means to say "This statement is true"/ What statement? How can 'This statement' be true or false? Very naive t...

I'm not sure what it means to say that perception doesn't require time metaphorically. It seems indisputable to me that perception requires time in or...

Does perception not require time? Can anything happen, even a thought or image, in the absence of time? I would read Kant as saying that space-time is...

My view also. In any case, are we not already brains in vats?

Have you read the Baghavad Gita? It answers your question, and in a way that Jesus does not seem to contradict.

I understand your view but can reassure you. There is no need to put any garbage in or take any out. It is surprisingly easy to prove that only one gl...

Good point. One could also cite Schrodinger, Bradley, Spencer Brown, Schopenhauer, Kastrup, Mohrhoff and many others. These are outliers, however, tha...

I believe that the empirical methods of the natural sciences go a long way to proving the plausibility of this philosophy, when the data is interprete...

I would agree to some extent, or in a certain sense, about metaphysics but we can know enough to know where the truth lies and this is all we need for...

I see the same approach being taken right across the academic world. It entails not studying the nondual philosophy of the mystics and then not being ...

I'm aware of all these 'ism's' and more and yes, what I wrote earlier appears to be true of most if not all of the academics who teach these subjects....

As a general rule academic philosophers examine all philosophies except non-dualism and a neutral metaphysical position. This is an academic scandal i...

My view also. I see university philosophy as the proof. .

f you mean the sort of philosophy taught and practiced in our Western universities then I'd say no, it does not contribute to our understanding of the...

Aha. Thanks. I get it now.

Regrettably, this is the kind of article that goes over my head. I have to leave the technical details to mathematicians and stick with basic principl...

I know what you mean but I feel it's misleading to speak of East vs West. Brown is a Westerner and his mate Wei Wu Wei was born Terence Grey, an Irish...

I haven't read all the discussion but like the topic. I've written a bit about Spencer Brown and once talked to him on the phone.for a hour. A terrify...

If the absolute cannot be imagined then this is just a fact. Kant established that it is a fact and yet he is not dismissed as 'mystical'. The fats ar...

I see lots of examples of science gaining some grasp of cognition and psychology in your list but none that indicate an understanding of consciousness...

I should have said 'physical' sciences. With this qualifier I'd say the same in an academic journal if you wish and wouldn't be the first to do so. Do...

This is what I mean. It is metaphysical, so of course it's going to be a hard problem to prove that it's not. I'm unable to understand people who beli...

Yes. Although I suppose you could say hard problem depends on it being true. What current understanding? the natural sciences have no method for acqui...

Good question. This is known as the problem of attributes. For the Perennial philosophy, as for Kant, extended phenomena are empty of substance or ess...

I have this reference but not the original. . . Martin Heidegger Speech commemorating German composer Conradin Kreutzer in 1955 (from Hare Brain, Tort...

This seems correct to me.If a 'scientific explanation' is one that depends on materialism being true then it would be my view also. I'd say it's the o...

I can see the problem. My position is that the hard problem is metaphysical, and that if this is not recognized then it is hard (intractable) for the ...

Hmm. This is an odd place to find someone who hates reading about philosophy. Non-dualism requires a neutral metaphysical theory.for which time does n...

Oh no. Certainly not. It's because I endorse non-dualism and for this no problems arise. You'll find that those who do not understand non-dualism do n...

I seriously doubt this - but can't imagine how you could demonstrate your new understanding so won't push the point.

Yes, I cannot grasp why researchers are usually so afraid of thinking outside their box. Not long ago scientists were arguing that consciousness doesn...

This wouldn't happen if you argued with me.

Could you give an example of this explanatory value?

I'm with Chalmers. There are two sides and one of them doesn't make sense. But yes, there are two sides. .

Very much agree.I couldn't complete the survey because my view is not listed. The survey gives away just how hidebound and ideologically limited acade...

Perhaps, but I find the problem more one sided. The OPs position is more open minded so needs less wriggling on the hook. But I accept there's two sid...

Your opening post is very good. It's difficult to put these things simply and clearly and you've done it. For some reason, however, many otherwise cle...