Philosophical Speculations

Which means that when we finally have a way to induce a "material" image of psychedelic experience, it will seem that Bernardo has lost the argument. Although then he'll say, "Of course we would *expect* to find a physical image that corresponds with the experience."

So, to be clear:

Does anybody who agrees with BK's general model (as I do) think there is reason to believe we could not develop a tool that will show brain activity associated with psychedelics?

Thanks

Anyway, my point is simply that Bernardo's model would predict that the psychedelic experience would look like some perceptual structure from across a dissociated boundary given the adequate interaction tool. So, just as 100 years ago we couldn't simply look at a brain to see how a dream can appear ...

I understand why Bernardo brings up the experiments with psychedelics that show an increase in complex experience with a decrease in brain activity. But doesn't idealism (especially his model, which I adhere to) predict that eventually we probably will have instruments that pick up brain activity th...

Great comments, thanks. Yeah, I just see a disconnect between Bernardo's claim that idealism is more terrifying for him (when he clearly states he thinks his personal self will not survive...so what is he afraid of) and I see no evidence for his claim that materialism caused people to no longer be a...

Yeah, I think he does a good job in interviews remaining agnostic about those details. That said, it is almost always right after he says that his suspicion is that the personality goes away and consciousness is reintegrated with and as mind at large that he'll then stress that idealism terrifies hi...

Thanks so much. I will respond soon

1) In his latest AMA, Bernardo says that "from the viewpoint of qualitative consciousness if you feel the same than you are effectively the same." He says this in the context of his deprivation tank thought experiment. I know this thought experiment probably works for those of us who alrea...

It strikes me that Rupert's comment about what would be evidence was so sloppy. Like I say, as a phenomenologist, he is incredible. I love his pointers and descriptions. They are thick and rich. I am a monistic idealist but I simply do not think Rupert's jump in logic from phenomenology to ontology ...

At 17.01 in the conversation linked to below Sam poses a good question and Spira's answer points to what I find the blind spot in so many teachers who think they are making good pointers when they go beyond their phenomenological descriptions. Please note that I am not making a comment outside of th...