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- Mon May 13, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: A few definitions
- Replies: 7
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Re: A few definitions
I am not disparaging the role of introspection by suggesting to clarify terms in a conversation. For example, two persons could have an extended conversation about football, yet one person is thinking European football (soccer), and the other is thinking American football. A 'simple' clarification ...
- Sun May 12, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Retracing Spiritual Activity (Part III)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 76
Re: Essay: Retracing Spiritual Activity (Part III)
My impression is that you are accomplishing something unique here, with this fine-grained conceptual introduction to imagination. Once you draw it for yourself, you don’t flee with the loot, so to say, but provide a careful and faithful conceptual proxy for a non-conceptual experience. This seems to...
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
So you are saying that we need to resort to 'previous' solar evolutions we never discussed here, or read about in Steiner or elsewhere (as far as I know), in order to find what Cleric said not confusing? Do you really think Cleric was implying something of that kind - previous solar systems where s...
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
It seemed like you were saying there is some tension between Cleric's post/question and my answer. No, I wasn't (but upon posting I suspected it could be read in that way by you, which is why I edited my post, probably too late for you to notice). I'm also confused as to what else the perceptions o...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
At this point I think it is more appropriate to conceive of ... Which one? :D :) Joking aside - thanks for the reminders. The question below is the one I asked, and Ashvin said: "Yes it does". To clarify, what I meant was that our storied 'history' of the Cosmos, for ex. the whole concept...
- Fri May 10, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
At this point I think it is more appropriate to conceive of ... Which one? :D :) Joking aside - thanks for the reminders. The question below is the one I asked, and Ashvin said: "Yes it does". I still have many open questions in this area. For example, when we look at a distant star, does...
- Fri May 10, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
At this point I think it is more appropriate to conceive of ... Which one? :D :) Joking aside - thanks for the reminders! The question below is the one I asked, and for Ashvin the answer is positive. Anyway, at my level it was simply a musing. I can easily leave it aside and instead revise the ques...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
... I'm speaking about what in our Darwinian conception looks like the chain of mutating species that transform from chemical soup, through single-celled organisms, all the way to a human being. An interesting question that science and philosophy are concerned with, especially after the discoveries...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
- Replies: 37
- Views: 41755
Re: Donald Hoffman's search for a mathematical theory of consciousness
I haven't read the old thread you quote here, but I see this question: "So for us the natural question is, could there be an Anthropic-style explanation of consciousness? Well, we could certainly have a mild version of the argument, which would simply say that we shouldn’t be surprised that con...
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 935
Re: Essay: Spiritual Retracing - Principle Overview (Part I)
... I'm speaking about what in our Darwinian conception looks like the chain of mutating species that transform from chemical soup, through single-celled organisms, all the way to a human being. An interesting question that science and philosophy are concerned with, especially after the discoveries...