Philosophical Speculations

Hello everyone, I’ve just released a short book of poetry exploring the materialism/idealism debate. It’s available on Amazon, I’ll also put a link in where you can download a free PDF from Dropbox. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P5JNVHYl https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09P5JNVHY https://www.dropbox.com/...

Thank you AshvinP, that's exactly what I was trying to say

Hello AshvinP, I must apologise, that was a terrible response and I’m now having to extract myself from the mess I’ve made. I’m specifically referring to having said: ‘From an idealist perspective we may say that consciousness is, but no more than that. If it’s the foundational thing we can’t get un...

Hello Shajan624, Thank you for your response, I’ve had a go at some replies. I would echo your cynicism of an a priori approach leading to consensus. I can’t see this being the thing that makes the Michael Schermers of this world throw their hands up and declare: ‘Oh now it all makes sense!’ Case in...

Hello everyone, I wrote the following essay for a course I took on consciousness studies. I wanted to explore a couple of things; how consciousness could be probed with a priori reasoning and the value of adopting a pluralistic approach to studying it. I managed to jam them both in. I'm going to use...