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- Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:09 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Re: Gramsci and idealism
This post is about Gramsci and nature. Gramsci’s philosophy has been criticised for being overly anthropocentric and lacking in appreciation of the constraints imposed by the natural world. For instance, he talks of human progress in terms of ‘rationally dominating nature’ (SPN 358). Further, his co...
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:07 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Question about Kastrup's perspective on Freewill
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2924
Re: Question about Kastrup's perspective on Freewill
Unfortunately, his view seems eerily similar to Dan Dennett's Compatiblist notion of freewill (minus the materialist view of course). Yes, and I agree that compatiblism doesn't really seem like free will at all. This is an advantage of Whitehead's philosophy, in which there is genuine free will ( h...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:32 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Re: Gramsci and idealism
Gramski's anthropocentric intersubjectivism can be expanded to intersubjectivism of new animism, ie. perspectival multinaturalism and planetary (etc.) ecology of their/our social relations. I kind of agree with that, but think animism can run into problems, at least in terms of thinking from a Euro...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:24 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Re: Gramsci and idealism
In this post I am going to discuss some of the aspects of an interesting section of Gramsci’s notebooks titled ‘The So-Called “Reality of the External World” ’(SPN 440-448). Gramsci notes at the beginning of this section that the general public never questions that the external world objectively exi...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:09 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Re: Gramsci and idealism
Returning to Gramsci’s statement which is the main focus of this thread, an obvious question that arises is how absolute idealism could potentially become ‘true’ in a future era. To recap, here is the statement again: ‘Absolute idealism, or at least certain aspects of it, would be a philosophical ut...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Re: Gramsci and idealism
Seriously, Justin, I really hope you can get some serious discussion of praxis here. I'm personally pissed that we can't talk of covid and the way ideas fucked everything up in my beloved Brazil, which was positioned with a materialist allopathic health service capable of performing brilliantly. Ah...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:17 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gramsci and idealism
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8824
Gramsci and idealism
Much of the writings of Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci) were concerned with political, social and cultural issues. However, he also wrote a lot on philosophy, including its connections with idealism. So, I am starting this thread to explore the relations b...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:46 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Psychedelics
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2631
Re: Psychedelics
FYI, there's lots of videos re psychedelics on this site for the online conference: Psychedelics, Madness, & Awakening: Harm Reduction and Future Visions http://www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com/ Haven't seen any specifically on idealism but some of the panels include topics such as " Ch...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:40 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gabor Maté on Jordan Peterson
- Replies: 142
- Views: 13767
Re: Gabor Maté on Jordan Peterson
Of course BK endorses non-dualism. But he rarely talks about "mysticism" or makes any sort of philosophical arguments for it without making the topic much more precise. Which is the same thing JP does - he formulates the philosophical questions he is thinking through and attempting to ans...
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:39 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cellular consciousness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 738
Re: Cellular consciousness
Yes, 'systems within systems' also makes more sense in terms of the evolution of eukaryotic cells through the engulfment of prokaryotes by other prokaryotes.