Philosophical Speculations

Hello to all! I am from Germany and to those who speak German - maybe you can discuss it in English, too - please go to "www.physikerboard.de" to this link: https://www.physikerboard.de/lhtopic,63447,0,0,asc,.html There I asked a question to the professional physicsts in this forum and the...

In regard to the question of telos/meaning of life, there seems to exist these two opposite extremes that I sketched below. Apart from the metaphysical side, there is definitely a strong psychological aspect of this problem due to humans deep psychological need of and yearning for the meaning of li...

"Many existential philosophers were arguably idealists, such as Kierkegaard, {maybe) Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Jaspers, W. James, H. Arendt, Colin Wilson, Paul Tillich." Do or did these existential philosophers really entertain objective/subjective idealism, meaning th...

I think the major error in Tom Campbell's thinking is that consciousness IS information or data. He says that very often. And I sent questions to him that he answered in a Q and A video. How exactly can consciousness be information or data? Consciousness is nothing other than consciousness. This is ...

I have studied the view of Tom Campbell for a while. Tom Campbell argues that we all live in a virtual reality. This virtual reality is an information system. He defines consciousness as information. And he further says that we do not live forever; rather we will dissolve and the Larger Consciousnes...

According to Bernardo Kastrup matter is an appearance in consciousness. Matter is what consciousness looks like from a certain perspective. Or one could say that subjective experience, inner life, is what matter looks like. My first question is: To what extend do you agree with this? My second quest...

"Many existential philosophers were arguably idealists, such as Kierkegaard, {maybe) Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Jaspers, W. James, H. Arendt, Colin Wilson, Paul Tillich." Do or did these existential philosophers really entertain objective/subjective idealism, meaning tha...

Can you recommend a superb documentary about 'consciousness', 'idealism' and existence in this regard? I really would like to watch a YouTube documentary about consciousness that shines light on all issues and aspects of this subject. How arises consciousness from a materialist perspective and how o...

Edit: *reconcile

I am a huge admirer of the existentialist philosophy of Albert Camus and Sartre. Does life have an intrinsic and inherent meaning or is the existence and life ultimately absurd? The absurdity of life according to Camus comes from the fact that humans seek and cry for meaning and purpose and the fact...