Philosophical Speculations

We also know humans have an ego-"I" which no other animals seem to have. Everything else about the so-called progressions of one form of life to another are interpretations laid on the facts. They may reference fossils and geological layers and genetic studies to support those proposed pr...

Justin, Well written paper. I think evolutionary argument did not turn out to be the bomb it was expected to be because it did not go far enough. It could be viewed as an attempt to compromise with the apparent impenetrability of Darwinian theory by bringing in the subjective through backdoor. Caus...

Hi Steve and Jim, thanks for the comments. My response: The paper aimed to have a primarily biological focus. So I didn't want to consume too many words discussing philosophical issues related to causality or the definition of consciousness, important as these issues are. The reference to feelings ...

Thanks for all your posts, which have given me motivation to investigate Anthroposophy further. A separate issue which impacts on this forum is that of where the borders between religion and philosophy lie. But that has nothing to do with the OP so I won't discuss that here. Sometime or other, I mig...

Anyone one out there have any opinions on the work of Conner Habib ( https://connerhabib.com/ )? He is an Anthroposophist (see, for example, here: https://connerhabib.com/2014/09/29/antroposophy-101-aka-all-that-weird-shit-im-always-talking-about/ ) with very left-wing political views (see, for exam...

We also know humans have an ego-"I" which no other animals seem to have. Everything else about the so-called progressions of one form of life to another are interpretations laid on the facts. They may reference fossils and geological layers and genetic studies to support those proposed pr...

Thanks Ashvin, Whitehead's metaphysics was chosen as an example of, possibly one of many, "defensible interpretations of physics available which are consistent both with observed empirical facts and with the proposition that subjective states influence physical behaviour". An idealistic ap...

Hi Steve and Jim, thanks for the comments. My response: The paper aimed to have a primarily biological focus. So I didn't want to consume too many words discussing philosophical issues related to causality or the definition of consciousness, important as these issues are. The reference to feelings i...

Hi all, I would appreciate any comment, critique or discussion on this paper I wrote ( https://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/704 ) which was published in Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy a while ago. It is quite long, so take your time in res...

Maybe not much of a connection there, but I think Papa Shu has a nice ring to it and should be adopted as your new nickname ;) Why not? Our Papa Shu who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, etc, etc ;) _______ Papa Shu Oh Papa Shu Lead us Home Oh Papa Shu Oh Papa Shu Papa Papa Papa Papa Papa Shu Le...