Philosophical Speculations

I would like to offer my own thoughts on that essay actually, section by section, to see if this will be of any value to the discussion. And maybe some feedback would be available from anyone interested in giving it. I do see its relevance to the discussion on "hard problems" in science an...

In this respect, it might be a matter of simply synchronizing vocabulary, but I was having the following reflections: The way to inner freedom is using introspection or meditation, becoming conscious of what is unconscious within ourselves (which is basically depth psychology). I also understand Po...

The hard problem of consciousness emerges from trying to swap our innermost beings for abstract models. Our scientists try in vain to solve the puzzle. It is their discipline of abstract thinking, of modeling reality, that brings these problems to light. In principle, it is not possible to squeeze ...

I think another question we can ask to penetrate a bit deeper into the cause is, why is it so difficult for people to notice (and remember) the role of their own first-person conceptual activity when observing the world? After all, Steiner is simply bringing our attention to something very intimate...

I would add that in more general terms the hard problem arises in the context of reductionistic thinking . It may not be necessarily materialistic in nature. We can have idealistic reductionism too. If we try to imagine consciousness as 'made of' some miniscule 'particles' of consciousness, then th...

Federica wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:28 pm Hi Luke! I haven't read your post yet - I'm writing to say: Welcome, and that you are undoubtedly in the right room (well, yes, I have read your P.S.)

Thanks, Federica. I originally posted it in a different room, but AshvinP said he moved it to general.

The 'hard problem of consciousness' only exists within the framework of materialistic ontology, and so this is where it has its origin. It is an artificial/abstract problem pointing to the fact that materialistic ontology is incoherent with reality as it is given in our direct phenomenological cons...

Hi all! This is my first time posting on here. I don't know many people on here, I heard about this forum's existence through Discord. But, I don't know how many people on here have used Discord, I think AshvinP goes by the name Awakening Soul on there--he has shared links to some threads on here th...