PeterJones

True knowledge is identical with its object, or is 'knowledge by identity', Hence the advice of the Oracle at Delphi to 'Know theyself'. . It may seem...

Not faith, no. Faith is only necessary in the absence of knowledge.

According to the Perennial philosophy, in order to know the ultimate nature of reality you would have to understand how you know anything at all. This...

It seems we are far from kindred spirits after all. If I held your view I'd abandon philosophy immediately.as a waste of time. A theory that doesn't w...

Yes. It requires seeing the unavoidable divisiveness of our perceptual/cognitive system, as noted by Kant, thus the need to look beyond perception and...

A great deal of confusion arises over this issue. It is not difficult to prove that most presuppositions are rejected by analysis, but when we say an ...

Thanks for the recommendation. It's not a topic I want to further research, but it looks like a good read.

I did not post this quote. Not sure where it comes from but it sounds like Bradley. .

Hmm. I wonder why you think this. I can state definitively that all positive metaphysical theories are logically indefensible,and can be reduced to ab...

All is well if one avoids extreme positions. Non-dualism is not directly opposed to theism or atheism. They are two extreme ideas that oppose each oth...

Oh boy. How do you make things so complicated and confused? But okay, it's not a topic you wish to pursue, so we can leave it here. See you around.

Well, there are a variety of interpretations of Kant's transcendental idealism. I interpret him as saying that the phenomenal world consists of mere a...

It doesn't fail. It's just that you don't agree with Kant and reject the Perennial philosophy. This is the question metaphysics has to answer. In meta...

Note that they might be right about the Bible, but wrong in their interpretation of it. Babies and bathwater and all that.

Kant places the Ultimate beyond the categories of thought, which is just where the Perennial philosophy places it. He sees this as a matter of logic, ...

Well, once we have calculated that only one world-theory works and identified it then all we need do is study it. We then have a sound understanding o...

Kant's idealism - for which space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal.- is quite a vague affair, but it could be interpreted as a...

I feel you're approach is spot on. The relationship between Western philosophical thinking and the Perennial philosophy,is quite a simple matter under...

Robert Kennedy - The Real Anthony Fauci, Completely unmissable for all thinking people. For two decades I've been trying to understand what is going o...

Hi Jack Fascinating question. Yes, non-dualism deals with the split between materialism and idealism, and between atheism and theism. The issues are t...

If you cannot see the assumption-riddled arrogance in that rather emotive and almost evanhellical, irrational claim, then you will begin to see why fo...

None whatsoever. I place complete reliance on logic and experience. I'd happily bet my life. . . I don't go in for idle speculation.or playing the odd...

Sure thing. As Lao Tu says ;True words seem paradoxical. The answer for every metaphysical question is to reject both their extreme answers.This then ...

So do I.

I stated a fact. There is no empirical method for proving consciousness exists. It's called the 'other minds' problem and is very well known.The unfal...

If we're speaking about Middle Way Buddhism then I'd say 100% sure. I'd bet my life on it. In one of his sermons Meister Eckhart, a Christian Bishop, ...

Wonderful. Mind you, you must keep in mind that I might be insane. Cartesian doubt and all that. .

Quite so. the idea is ridiculous. What is not ridiculous is the idea that the Ultimate lies beyond sensory empiricism and so looks exactly like nothin...

There is no empirical method for proving that consciousness exists. This is proved by the past popularity of Behaviorism. A science of consciousness w...

Thanks for an interesting post. I think there are two problems here. The first is the issue of how the word 'mysticism' is employed. Clearly you and I...

Perhaps it is relevant that physics is coming ever closer to the same conception of reality as the mystics, for this suggests that empiricism does at ...

I agree with what you say about meditation. But I don;t understand why the inability of philosophers to decide metaphysical questions is not an empiri...

Hmm. I see what you mean but see things differently. It is an empirical fact that philosophers cannot decide metaphysical questions due the the logica...

I believe,that it is the hardest thing in the world to explain. But explaining how it explains philosophy at the level of principles is easy. The cruc...

Okay. I was providing a starting point for further discussion but did not make this clear. I cannot answer the second part of 180 Proof's question wit...

Excellent point. I accept that I become exasperated too easily. It's a fair cop. . I provided an initial answer and expected a follow up question or s...

I expected to be speaking to 180 proof about his question, but he took his bat home. What am I to do? I find this about the best philosophy forum on t...

All I see see is some people who don't want to think outside their comfort zone. As for my pseudonym;I'll stick with it, thanks. My point was only tha...

Oh boy. I've come across some idiots before but you take the biscuit. Do you actually have an interest in philosophy? If I weren't here under a pseudo...

Why bother wasting my time in this way? I get it that you're not interested.- so why disturb my peace?

What a strange reaction. Why bot ask some follow up questions? It's an interesting topic and we could explore it together. But if you cannot see that ...

Hi 180 Proof I'm not here really, having taken a break, but I'll give an answer. The nondual doctrine translates into metaphysics as a neutral theory....

We seem to agree. But by 'knowing' I mean a state of consciousness, so maybe not entirely. It is said that knowing is fundamental, and this knowing wo...

Yes, this would be how I think of it. I don't speculate beyond a certain point since there would be little value in doing so, but for the sake of rela...

The first question is undecidable because the correct answer is not included in the question. I'm saying that the same problem arises for the mind-mat...

I see I made the right decision. You have not understood my approach at all and I doubt I can change this. I see no evidence that you want to understa...

I've enjoyed our chat but feel we're at loggerheads. No problem, but if it's okay I'll drop out here. We'll cross paths again no doubt. Cheers.

I realise I made a careless mistake earlier. It is not consciousness that begins with distinctions but mind. For the advaita view neither mind not dis...

Quite so. Although even phenomenologists seem to sometimes forget this.

I can;t fight against this sort approach. Okay, so you think you know know the Perennial philosophy.is false. Lots of people think the same. I feel yo...