Philosophical Speculations

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It should be noted that this holds true even for simple qualities as, say, 'red'. Even if we imagine that our human consciousness was filled entirely with pure perception of red, when we fill the void with our intellectual concept of 'red', this wouldn't make the redness disappear. The reason is th...

Is Steiner saying percepts in and of themselves are pure givens, and it is only with the attendant thinking that we can infer their nature? In other words, one doesn't import any presuppositions about their nature. If that is so, how does Steiner understand percepts after the operation of thinking?...

One thing I'm still grappling with is this section from Steiner near the end of chapter 5: What, then is a percept? The question, asked in this general way, is absurd. A percept emerges always as something perfectly definite, as a concrete content. This content is directly given and is completely c...

No, unlike most other interviews, this one is almost all daemon focused, how he interprets what role and impact it plays in one's life, with references throughout to Jung's take on it, so no portion of it stands out as most pertinent. I posted a response above, but I was quoting myself, so you may ...

I have not seen this one. Is there a particular time in the video you are referencing? No, unlike most other interviews, this one is almost all daemon focused, how he interprets what role and impact it plays in one's life, with references throughout to Jung's take on it, so no portion of it stands ...

As you're probably aware, BK recently shared that interview on twitter and facebook. It may be more likely he's paying attention to commentary there than following youtube comments. Of course, hard to convey your message, if having to resort to a series of tweets. Btw, did you watch the interview w...

As you're probably aware, BK recently shared that interview on twitter and facebook. It may be more likely he's paying attention to commentary there than following youtube comments. Of course, hard to convey your message, if having to resort to a series of tweets. Btw, did you watch the interview w...

Ashvin, No I haven't bailed :) I've been reading all the comments on here while continuing with PoF. I'm trying to really understand PoF by taking notes and re-reading sometimes entire chapters. I'm into part 2 now. One thing I'm still grappling with is this section from Steiner near the end of cha...

Ashvin, No I haven't bailed :) I've been reading all the comments on here while continuing with PoF. I'm trying to really understand PoF by taking notes and re-reading sometimes entire chapters. I'm into part 2 now. One thing I'm still grappling with is this section from Steiner near the end of cha...