Philosophical Speculations

I suspect you might if you paid more attention to what it is that I might be doing. But in order to do that you would need to drop your assumptions and beliefs and just follow what I am actually doing. I also suspect that you are quite capable of doing so. I don't doubt your intelligence. Quotes fr...

I wonder if religious preaching should be disallowed on this forum, but of course it is up to moderators to decide. An issue there is that the boundary between philosophy and religion is different with idealist metaphysics than it is with materialism. Many materialist -minded analytical philosopher...

Of course, perfection is point at infinity. There's one import asymmetry in the flow between the poles which is more than 'impression'. The stream of consciousness can exist only from less conscious towards more conscious. Or in other words - only in direction of integration, implosion of states of...

Contents To keep track of my Gramsci references, I’ve listed my main posts in this thread here, which may also be of use to others: 1. Introduction https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?p=4048#p4048 2. ‘Truth’ and metaphysics https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?p=4085#p4085 3. The So-Called “Real...

This post will look at Gramsci's conception of hegemony and how it relates to philosophy and idealism. Hegemony refers to the dominant world-view of a society. In this respect, a strong argument could be made that physicalism or scientific materialism is an integral part of the hegemonic world-view ...

Good post. The world of phenomenon not being other than the world of noumenon brings to mind the plane of immanence of Deleuze ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_of_immanence ), in which spirit/matter, transcendence/immanence, appearance/reality and noumenon/phenomenon dualisms do not apply. All ...

Yeah, I think some of the biological aspects of BK's theory could do with refinement. He is great when it comes to analytic philosophy, physics and neuroscience. But for other areas of biology, not so much. It seems reasonable to infer subjectivity to bacteria based on the appearance of purposeful,...

Yeah, I think some of the biological aspects of BK's theory could do with refinement. He is great when it comes to analytic philosophy, physics and neuroscience. But for other areas of biology, not so much. It seems reasonable to infer subjectivity to bacteria based on the appearance of purposeful, ...

How many alters can your see? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrCmBNiJRI BK's view: https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?p=2082#p2082 Why would bacterial cells in the body be alters, but other cells, such as blood cells circulating freely in the blood, not be alters? The answer seems obvious to me...

I would say Gramsci's anthropocentric approach, based on what you have been posting, is not a defect but a feature. It is the only proper philosophical approach to take. There is no reason to deny intersubjective experience to all non-humans, but there is also no reason to pretend we can philosophi...