Philosophical Speculations

Metaphysics should not concern itself with ethics, that is an exercise in itself. It goes stepwise something like this : Metaphysics => Epistemology (=> Objectivity) => Ethics - Metaphysics deals with what is always the case, can be the case and that which you do not have access to - Epistemology de...

My comments on "Beyond Us: Growth with Mo Gawdat | Bernardo Kastrup & Fred Matser"

You have faith that we exist and can understand what you are writing

That's rationale

To me it means "I have faith that the sun will set this evening",

That is what I call rationality

[/quote] Everyone has faith in some beliefs about themselves and the world, otherwise they could not continue to find any meaning in their lives.
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I don't have faith in anything. It is a self-inflicted mysticism to create pseudo meaning.

Faith is baloney. Check my axioms at the end of my presentation :-) I differentiate faith from belief and use that descriptor only when it is experience-based. Are you saying that my experience is baloney? And I'm still curious as to whether the poem aligns your metaphysics? BTW, please understand ...

You only have access to what you experience - and no reference to whether or not you could/should experience more. "I can experience all" is therefore not a valid argument My experienced-based faith is that all can be accessed co-creatively, metaphysically and mystically and mysteriously,...

In metaphysics I would not refer to "things" ... check out the last few minutes of the video in the OP. There are the axioms. Interesting, Mandibil! Perhaps synchronously, I thought I should have phrased the axiom as "I can experience all" (not every- thing ). But more metaphysi...

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:21 pm Maybe, "I can experience everything" is the only axiom that is needed.

You need more to get to epistemology

Please forgive my view from the edge and ignorance of the technicalities but I'm genuinely curious about why one might want "Idealism without woo-woo"? Is it like wanting Science without Religion or wanting Everything without Something? Please help me understand. With "woo-woo" ...