Philosophical Speculations

"Towards an anti-Materialist Marxism" ... immediately puts me off

Please forgive my view from the edge and ignorance of the technicalities but I'm genuinely curious about why one might want "Idealism without woo-woo"? Is it like wanting Science without Religion or wanting Everything without Something? Please help me understand. With "woo-woo" ...

As I say in my presentation --- it can very quickly get very complicated

Ok, that is an important aspect that may be a weakness in my presentation. Where is the "I" that has the experience ? Is it a part of the experience turned "inwards" and therefore inexperienceable (is that a word?). I am aware of it and I really have a hard time figuring that on...

It all boils down to our ability to observe thinking - the voice in our head. If you can pronounce slowly "I think" in your mind and be able to observe what you are doing, you are basically observing your own thinking . Ok, that is an important aspect that may be a weakness in my presenta...

I don't understand, can you elaborate plz ? OK. Before this and the things below, can make sense, one must make the effort to observe one's own thinking . The thing is that normally, when we think about something, we experience the meaning of what we think but we are not conscious of the thinking p...

Good discussion. This is a central dispute among idealist worldviews. Is the 'thing-in-itself' inaccessible, in principle , to our experience? Or can we trace our perceptions and thoughts back to their Ground and know that Ground in its fullness? If we could, why would we have been fiddling with a ...

I would strongly suggest that consideration be given to the architectonic philosophical system of Charles Sanders Peirce and recognize the deep dangers of Nominalism that suggest that an individual has access to the full truth. The truth is actually only asymptotically approachable and it is only a...

Good discussion. This is a central dispute among idealist worldviews. Is the 'thing-in-itself' inaccessible, in principle , to our experience? Or can we trace our perceptions and thoughts back to their Ground and know that Ground in its fullness? If we could, why would we have been fiddling with a ...

How does one arrive at an axiom? What is an axiom? An important aspect, I should point out more clearly in the presentation. My definition would be: "An aspect of my experience I have never found not to be the case" It is a thought expressing certain idea. Where does that thought come fro...