Philosophical Speculations

Ashvin: So yes, the physical structure of eyes, ears, etc. are partial images of ideal (mental) processes. However, if we ever want to get more detailed resolution on how those processes function in our immanent experience, then we must recognize that there is ideal structure to sense-observation, ...

I'll take the revival of this cynical rumour as an attempt at humour. For the record, I've looked into the posting history of both Cleric and Ashvin, as well as their account details which only admin has access to, dating back to the old MS forum, and I'm satisfied that there is simply no evidence ...

Thanks, I didn't follow the progression of this thread but now it's obvious that Kampis is addressing a different audience.

I was curious to find out if Bernado addresses the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in any of his discussions or writings. How does a mathematical universe spring from a non-mathematical consciousness? If consciousness is mathematical, shouldn't that be a central part of the pr...

I think I agree if I am understanding correctly. Jung famously remarked that he would never call himself "a Jungian". Which I take to mean that he was focused on exploring the psyche in a way that went far beyond academic and clinical psychology, down into the roots of philosophy and meta...

If you are a solipsist m@l separates between object and subject, if you are an idealist it doesn't. I do not know if the word consciousness is the word I would use for m@l since our consciousness experiences reality not only through thought and will, but also through senses, sight hearing and so on...

The reason questions like this come up is, to me, the incompleteness of all the descriptions of idealism (analytical or otherwise) we seem to be able to come up with. We can't describe the unfathomable depths of the soul, nor the limits of our perceptions that tell us everything in such a literal mo...

This is an excellent discussion that I feel compelled to contribute to in my own way. The contrast of light and darkness can also be illustrated on a more human scale, in the context of lives that embody it. Here is a brief study of this archetypal contrast as revealed by juxtaposing the life of Car...

Look, I'm all for studying parapsychological phenomena from a scientific, unbiased basis. Scientists study all types of things that are explicitly pointless but are worth knowing just for the scientific knowledge. Since that is the case, I don't see why studying things like supposed supernatural ph...

Identity cosmopsychism is my default position because it elegantly resolves all ancient philosophical conundrums. It's possible there's another metaphysical solution I could compare aesthetically, but unlikely. This sounds a lot like Ramana Maharshi's answer to the question of how we should treat o...