Philosophical Speculations

Yeah, the consistently excellent production values of the videos, given the amount of effort that must go into it, combined with the quality of the discourse, is really impressive.

For fans of Henry Corbin, this talk about creative imagination, personal transfiguration, and the spiritual vision of Corbin should appeal.

Could you elaborate on the difference between "knowing" and "knowing for certain" ! Mandibil ... Being more eclectically inspired metaphysician, a comprehensive grasp of epistemology is not my forte. But I'm getting at the distinction between knowing something to be plausibly tr...

For sure, the great poets can turn that whine into bittersweet wine ...

I think the better question is whether we can we only 'shine' and never 'whine'?

To paraphrase an old joke: Why do you keep whining so much? ................... wait for it ..................'cause it feels so good to stop.

a felt quality that for me is substantial. How excitational ! Coincidently or synchronously, the question "Can Idealism be without thought?" came to me during my morning devotions at the seashore and, as I contemplated posting it to the forum, big Humpback Whales began leaping vertically ...

a felt quality that for me is substantial.

How excitational !

Actually, I'm not sure that idealism isn't a process philosophy, i.e. Process of Mind eternally dreaming stuff up, with no point of origin other than ever-now.

Under idealism Consciousness is the ontological primitive. The activity of this fundamental, irreducible Consciousness, i.e. its 'mentation'/'ideation', is its ontological imperative ~ as inextricable as formlessness><form. I'd suggest that any reasoning is a function of it being meta-conscious. Pr...

That was Santeri's observation. Still I'm not getting your point.

Maybe we could all chip in and buy Lou a copy of Decoding Schopenhauer's Metaphysics