Philosophical Speculations

Your comments, if I understand them correctly, seem to coincide closely with what I believe. I am a bit put off by the quote about "The plant can show it thee." It may be a profound thought, but I am just a "meat and potatoes" man. I'm not really trying to achieve a higher state ...

You are obviously more accomplished in the systematic study of philosophy (and philosophers) than am I, so I cannot discuss usefully on that level. I like your statement that, while the example of the Boltzman experiment is a brain, it's not really about a brain. I liken it to Schrodinger's Cat, whi...

The Boltzmann thought experiment contradicts Idealism. It indirectly contradicts its own materialist assumptions. It is atheistic, at least from a Christian perspective, as described by mainline Baptist, Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical theologies. In other words, the value of the Boltzmann though...

But it is applicable if you are going to make a claim that idealism is a false atheistic concept. Fair enough, but the false atheistic concept is that of substituting the collective consciousness for God. It is going too far to say that all Idealists are atheists, at least in their own mind. The Bi...

There seem to be a few variations on the theme of Idealism. From what I have read on this site and elsewhere, they have in common the centrality of our conscious perception. That perception is, according to what I have read, our only sure and certain knowledge. The Boltzmann Brain thought experiment...

The Boltzmann Principle Undermines Both Idealism and Materialism There are three false concepts that lead atheist philosophers astray. 1. Materialism 2. Idealism 3. The Boltzmann Principle 1. Materialism, or physicalism, is the philosophy that avers that material reality is the only reality. More e...

I am not an atheist, nor even an agnostic. Keep that in mind, because I am not saying that the Bible promotes atheism. Quite the opposite of course—but there is a passage in the Bible that helps us Jews and Christians to understand why some people are atheist/agnostic, and why we cannot persuade the...

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Idealists aver that all of reality is perception. We perceive colors, not as mathematical properties of optics, but rather, as ineffable qualities that cannot be described objectively. Physicalists tend to focus on the mathematics of optics, and to dismiss the qualitative aspects as subjective, and ...