Philosophy Now Forum

gaffo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:50 am- thanks for being here,

Peace to you.

I very much appreciate the comment. It's great to just trade info and not have to argue.

But I can't explain how God's character is so different, how He is so intolerant in the OT and so tolerant in the NT. The NT teachings of Jesus corrected lots of errors. The NT God as interpreted by the Church is an anthropomorphised mistake, but at least not so much of one as the OT God, and at le...

I'm also confused Pete. Do you mean that a person can only have a theory they can verify through dualistic reason? No this is not what I'm getting at. I just meant that philosophers should do the sums. Inasmuch as metaphysics is a science of logic this is all that is required. If we throw away all ...

As a rule, Bertrand Russell doesn't know what he's talking about. There are answers, they can be found, and it can be proven. That anyone could in good faith say their subject cannot lead to answers is remarkably naive. If there are no answers then there are no meaningful questions. How is that not...

Belinda wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 12:04 pm Does shut up and calculate not follow on from theoretical paradigm?

Not sure what you mean here. I'd say it is the idea of getting rid of any theoretical paradigm, but I may be misundersanding the question.

You will probably agree with Prof Jacob Needleman who explains philosophy as I understand it. "……………………….The function of philosophy in human life is to help Man remember. It has no other task. And anything that calls itself philosophy which does not serve this function is simply not philosophy...

According to Occam's razor, it's a fact unless proven otherwise. Er, not quite. It might be a fact unless proven otherwise. The 'religious' theory is that consciousness and reality aren't the same phenomenon. It's a batshit crazy theory actually, and the entire Western world believes in it. Yes, th...

FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 4:18 pm That doesn't seem like a 'no' to it being a religious theory, it seems more like a 'yes but'.

It is an interpretation of QM and an explanation of religion and a solution for philosophy. Call it what you want.

I don’t think it’s so much that Consciousness and Reality are the “same” phenomenon, but more that they are two complementary aspects of the same fundamental substance, and that neither one could exist independent of the other in any meaningful or logical context. No offense, but what you think is ...

Consider "the Transcendent Unity of Religions" by Frithjof Schuon. Yes. An excellent book Philosophy cannot be introduced when it isn't wanted. Philosophy must remember its original intent as a means to remember what has been forgotten Not sure I follow this comment. I am a metaphysician ...

I thought that was a religious theory It's a fundamental theory. As such it has implications for physics, metaphysics, religion, psychology and just about everything else. Those who think it is a 'religious' theory and thus nothing to do with science or philosophy just need to read a book about it....

Can you imagine the difference it would make for a person when they come to realize that all the traditional paths initiating with a conscious source come together at the 'Way" which leads to the source of perennial wisdom. Society would be transformed. But I cannot see how it can happen until...

If nobody had a workable metaphysical theory than there would be no issue. However, while their is no theory in professional philosophy, not even a glimmer of one, there is an old theory that works perfectly well that they rarely bother to study. This lack of study is a disgrace, and it means that ...

I think you are right. The question is if the brain is the creator or the receiver of consciousness? The answer seems obvious but why is it rejected by so many? My guess is that to accept that our brains are receivers of consciousness we must assume there is a source of pure consciousness which rai...

yep. as for all Religions of the world there are the "mystic" sects, like the Kabbalist for the Jews. I'm sure there are equivalents for the Buddists, Hindus, and Jains. i'm just too ignorant to know of them. as an ignoramous, i know there must be some "mystic" sect of Christian...