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- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3052
Re: Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
Better to say 'strong or weak willed' rather than 'free or unfree will'. It isn't that a person stands beside his choice as someone who takes freely into account his options and then chooses what to do... as if he could have not had the strength to decide just what course of action he takes. In fac...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3052
Re: Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
So why might some people feel like their choices are already dictated by their built in tendencies, and feel powerless to control desired outcomes? It could be that they lack self knowledge, lack self control, lack worthy long term goals for which one would make sacrifices of short term desires. Th...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:18 am
- Forum: Metaphysics
- Topic: Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3052
Concept of free will vs taking responsibility
I would like to discuss the similarities and differences between the two concepts of free will, and the concept or idea that a person can be responsible, can have a goal, and actively work to achieve that goal by anticipating any problems, facing them and finding solutions to overcome them. In the c...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Thinking: The questions to be answered
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5377
Re: Thinking: The questions to be answered
We are assuming that the brain builds up experiences from pieces, but what if instead, it disassembles whole experiences to categorise. In order to replay an existing memory, the pattern which that original memory created in our perception becomes reinforced, and that same pattern is echoed back, to...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:29 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Why consciousness is personal/local: A challenge for materialism
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2738
Re: Why consciousness is personal/local: A challenge for materialism
The universe is constituted of many parts. There is however one process that describes the evolution of whole since all parts are interacting with each other. This means that there should be a single consciousness if we relate consciousness to the motion of parts. Instead, we observe that conscious...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:39 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: The mind is omnipresent in space-time
- Replies: 81
- Views: 16774
Re: The mind is omnipresent in space-time
Spacetime is a fundamental aspect of reality without it nothing can be caused. Do you think space and time had a beginning? Yes, spacetime has a beginning. That however does not mean that they are caused. So, space time had a beginning, but were uncaused. Does that mean they are the “first cause”? ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: The mind is omnipresent in space-time
- Replies: 81
- Views: 16774
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:58 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: The mind is omnipresent in space-time
- Replies: 81
- Views: 16774
Re: The mind is omnipresent in space-time
Would you object to saying space and time are present in mind?
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 3:32 am
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: I created a logical proof where the conclusion is 'God Exists'
- Replies: 19
- Views: 964
Re: I created a logical proof where the conclusion is 'God Exists'
You don’t understand what god is. Look into it.
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The existence is realized by direct perception.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7189
Re: The existence is realized by direct perception.
How about Brahman? Is Unimaginable God the same as Brahman?
Can we not know Brahman directly? I am that I am?
Can we not know Brahman directly? I am that I am?
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Does dattaswami pass the Turing Test?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6412
Re: Does dattaswami pass the Turing Test?
I have noticed the occasional interaction, but his posts are not always relevant. If someone was taking the Turing test and trying to determine whether the responder was human or program, they might come to the conclusion that dattaswami was a program for that reason. The truth is, we don’t know. Ma...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:46 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19388
Re: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
Inert Lacking the ability or strength to move. I think it all hinges on what you mean by consciousness. The contents of consciousness sure move. And certain stimuli lead to a reaction in our body which is movement. Consciousness does not work alone. It works in conjunction with the body. Consciousn...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:32 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19388
Re: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
Inert Lacking the ability or strength to move. I think it all hinges on what you mean by consciousness. The contents of consciousness sure move. And certain stimuli lead to a reaction in our body which is movement. Consciousness does not work alone. It works in conjunction with the body. Consciousne...
- Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:59 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19388
Re: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
No, I am not saying that. I am saying that consciousness is necessary for causation but it is not sufficient. In order to cause, you need to have the ability to decide and cause too. So having only the ability to experience, consciousness, does not allow us to cause. That is what I meant by that co...
- Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
- Replies: 81
- Views: 19388
Re: Consiousness is inert therefore there is a mind
By consciousness, I mean the ability to experience so I am not referring to something but a feature of something. Okay, I'm in agreement. But now it seems to me that the inference you've used as a title for this topic is a misrepresentation of your idea. I think you are camouflaging the underlying ...