Philosophical Speculations

Some thing that is not dependently arisen Such a thing does not exist. Therefore a non-empty thing Does not exist. Or Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does any thing whatever, anywhere arise Who was referring to a thing ? For this "__" which everyO...

I have one question that always puzzles and mystifies me - why and how Consciousness exists? Insofar as it is causeless, and thus can't not exist, it seems rather a moot point. What I'm more mystified by is WTF (pun intended) integral, participating role does the apparency of this subjectified, ide...

A ground or context is a relation among other relations. Whole and part are relations, and it does not follow from that relation that whole is eternal with inherent existence. If sentience and ideation are not essentially immanent to relational participatory part><whole process of ever-evolving ide...

I don't know if this has already been posted here before, but I've found this article: https://futurism.com/physicist-entire-universe-neural-network It's very much in alignment with BK's philosphy. Maybe they should have a talk. I did a blog post on this a while ago with a followup. https://broadsp...

But does anyone actually find deep meaning in the impermanence of the world and themselves? The ethical foundation and teaching of Pyrrhon, Nagarjuna etc. philosophical skepticism is ataraxia and fuller presence in beauty and wonder of life. Metaphysical essentialism leads easily to dogmatism, iden...

. I am curious what is your position on those bolded philosophical conclusions, Jim? I was hoping someone would actually contend with Barfield as well, whose preface in Poetic Diction 2nd edition is remarkably similar to last Bergson quote. I'm pretty much in agreement with Rovelli. Even before rea...

Wow. A surprising amount of acrimony in this thread it seems to me. Anyway. To clarify for those who haven't read Helgoland, the book is primarily about quantum mechanics, its history, and how to interpret. Rovelli, of course, presents his relational quantum mechanics is the best way of interpreting...

Rovelli's general philosophical approach goes back to Nagarjuna and it is neither materialist or idealist. It isn't a completely modern and scientific approach. Rovelli has arrived at it through modern QM but the doctrine of emptiness is an ancient philosophical view that complements it. What's mor...

Rovelli's general philosophical approach goes back to Nagarjuna and it is neither materialist or idealist. It isn't a completely modern and scientific approach. Rovelli has arrived at it through modern QM but the doctrine of emptiness is an ancient philosophical view that complements it. What's more...

In "Helgoland," Carlo Rovelli steers his magnificent Relational Quantum Mechanics straight into the void. He follows the threads of "interactions," his former ontological primitive, into the null space created in materialism when the material is removed and all that is left are ...