"Whitehead argued that reality consists of processes rather than material objects, and that processes are best defined by their relations with other processes, thus rejecting the theory that reality is fundamentally constructed by bits of matter that exist independently of one another."popeye1945 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 11:24 pmYes of course there is always speculations that consciousness is possibly a property of the cosmos, of elementary particles etc. A mind-stretching read is that of Albert North Whitehead, very difficult as free-ranging metaphysics. Just google him, he was a very prolific writer and philosopher/mathematician.Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 7:42 pmAnd yet non-biological phenomena are directed towards the manifestation of biological phenomena, i.e. Carbon results in a life form, thus meaning does not have to be an expression of consciousness unless we are to state that consciousness goes beyond biology.popeye1945 wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 11:19 pm
Meaning is particular to biological life; it has no relevance to anything else. The physical world in the absence of a conscious subject/life, is utterly meaningless. Meaning is what is experienced, and once experienced the subject then bestows that experience/knowledge/meaning upon a meaningless world. There is no taste but to a taster.
I would extend the point even further an say that matter is just a process as all forms are simply matter dividing matter much like the inner space of a circle is divided from the outer space of the circle by the space of the circle itself. This process through a process as a process results in process contradicting itself however as the division of a process is a process. From this a whole range of possibilities emerge...contradiction is not necessarily a bad thing.