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- Mon May 24, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Paper by Max Velmans
- Replies: 6
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Re: Paper by Max Velmans
Velmans' argument seems to be: (a) materialism has a hard problem of consciousness, (b) idealism has an inverse hard problem of consciousness, so (c) the solution must be a middle position bridging consciousness and materiality. But why should it? Couldn't a way exist to get from consciousness to m...
- Mon May 24, 2021 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Paper by Max Velmans
- Replies: 6
- Views: 557
Re: Paper by Max Velmans
Velmans' argument seems to be: (a) materialism has a hard problem of consciousness, (b) idealism has an inverse hard problem of consciousness, so (c) the solution must be a middle position bridging consciousness and materiality. But why should it? Couldn't a way exist to get from consciousness to ma...
- Sun May 23, 2021 3:55 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Bernardo and Vervaeke on the Nature of Evil
- Replies: 3
- Views: 387
Re: Bernardo and Vervaeke on the Nature of Evil
JL, That was a very interesting post, thank you. I have always found Daoist philosophy to be profound and helpful when encountering these deep issues. Carl Jung had many great thinks to say about it and he is one of the 20th century philosophical minds I respect the most. He comments significantly ...
- Sat May 22, 2021 4:57 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Bernardo and Vervaeke on the Nature of Evil
- Replies: 3
- Views: 387
Bernardo and Vervaeke on the Nature of Evil
In today's conversation with Curt Jaimungal, Bernardo and John talk at some length about the existence of evil and also touched upon Daoism. Perhaps synchronistically, yesterday I finished a translation of the Daoist take on evil. This issue of course is important for any idealist account of reality...
- Wed May 12, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1114
Re: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
Great quote! I also mention Teilhard de Chardin in Part 2, Incarnating the Christ . We should remember mythology is always taken from sense-perceptible phenomenon. In that sense, the literalists who say Genesis is an accurate account of what actually happened are correct, but they have no idea why ...
- Wed May 12, 2021 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1114
Re: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
To add again to the previous submission, Marco, Teilhard de Chardin certainly understood the challenge he faced in bridging idealism and realism, his religion with his science. In the epilogue of The Phenomenology of Man , he states: It is relatively easy to build up a theory of the world. But it is...
- Wed May 12, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1114
Re: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
To add to the above submission, if you haven't already, you might also want to consider Teilhard de Chardin, of course another French scientist. In The Phenomenon of Man , he discusses evolution within his idealist vision. With respect to Lamarck and Darwin, in Chapter 3 "Demeter" he foot...
- Wed May 12, 2021 4:04 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1114
Re: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
To add to the above submission, if you haven't already, you might also want to consider Teilhard de Chardin, of course another French scientist. In The Phenomenon of Man , he discusses evolution within his idealist vision. With respect to Lamarck and Darwin, in Chapter 3 "Demeter" he footn...
- Tue May 11, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1114
Re: Idealism and Evolution: any theory making the connection?
You might also consider the Zhuangzi for an explanation of how idealism accounts for the evolutionary aspect of life. The last paragraph of Chapter 18 of the Zhuangzi , in particular, depicts the transmutation of species and characterizes it as a qualitative evolution involving a conscious return to...
- Tue May 11, 2021 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: How Bernardo's Theory Deals with Logical Challenges to Idealism
- Replies: 30
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Re: How Bernardo's Theory Deals with Logical Challenges to Idealism
Daoist, Buddhist, Hindu, and Ubuntu traditions would probably say that the problem is not whether "pure Consciousness" exists, the problem is that people think other things exist. Exactly, I think it's a common ground of all versions of idealism: "consciousness is all there is" ...