Philosophical Speculations

Halfway through this video Bernardo talks about about himself and that reveals he is suffering from a rather serious condition. Anybody know anything about that?

Re: Is this a good answer to the question "why am I me and not someone else?", and the possibility of infinite creation Post by Hedge90 » Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:07 am I think it is possible because she is a human being like me, with thoughts and perceptions. And because I recognise my own nat...

"Oh I see now he was one of the 11 runner ups who got $50k... my apologies. That makes me feel no better about his involvement in this debacle... worse, even." What's the basis of your dismay? Though it's true that once you "know yourself" proof isn't needed every little bit hel...

... and all of the essays which won pale in comparison to Cleric's recent one or two page post on the modern obsession with proof. But he would not have won pointing out the very question is flawed to begin with, especially since BK was one of the judges :) Mishlove took down $500k for 1st prize... ...

Idealism attempts to describe formally what becomes obvious: It’s obvious that what I AM is Consciousness experiencing It’s obvious that the same Consciousness is experiencing everything It’s obvious that there is no substance or physical reality Consciousness is experiencing a self- generated virtu...

"Once again when these spikes go away you are dead and you won't look like you are conscious. You can choose to believe your consciousness doesn't need these spikes but there is no science or philosophy that has proven that. It would be a question of faith. As for spikes all over the place, the...

Once again "spikes "of electricity mean nothing as far as experience is concerned. These "spikes" are probably in the microvolt range. So what. What about the hundreds or thousands of volts of "spikes" that occur all over the place. Are they creating experiences? How ca...

All of his arguments about dreams and optical illusions are easily explained by materialism as products of the nervous system and its interactions with the world. In fact, they are argument in favor of materialism. They are only arguments against naive realism. People blind from birth don't see in t...

lorenzop wrote: In my humble opinion the best and simplist approach is to be opposed to any possibility of life after death... Do you know what you are? Can you explain why you exist in the first place? If not then why would the above be valid? I am consciousness You are consciousness It's the same ...