Philosophical Speculations

So, if I understood correctly, basically this boils down to two positions here: The first approach (Eugene) focuses on experiencing a general, holistic feeling of unity, of "oneness of being". It is an immersion in a felt, flowing state that resembles a dreamlike experience. The second approach ...

I'm no theologian, but doesn't the Bible consistently warn of the dangers of reaching out to, contacting and especially blending ourself with spiritual beings (other than God)? It warns to be cautious and exercise discernment when contacting spiritual beings, but that does not mean we have to ...

I'm no theologian, but doesn't the Bible consistently warn of the dangers of reaching out to, contacting and especially blending ourself with spiritual beings (other than God)?

Now you've (above) reduced your arguments to mere ad hominem . . . there were extended conversations on the older BK forum how BK's Idealism as specified in his book (Materialism is Baloney) was essentially a flavor of Materialism. I can't speak to your comments above because they're mere ad ...

But that's simply incorrect - the strongest materialism/physicalism position is the one that every philosophically educated materialist has gravitated toward over recent decades. Why else would they gravitate toward it? Denying the reality of the 'physical world itself' (sensory experience and its ...

I'm advising to NOT use words ('dream') in a fluid and loose manner with the intent of weaking the materialism argument. Materialism, as a metaphysics, has enough problems as it is without straw manning. IOW, advance the strongest materialism\physicalism position BEFORE attacking it. The challenges ...

I'm advising to NOT use words ('dream') in a fluid and loose manner with the intent of weaking the materialism argument. Materialism, as a metaphysics, has enough problems as it is without straw manning. IOW, advance the strongest materialism\physicalism position BEFORE attacking it. The challenges ...

I'm advising to NOT use words ('dream') in a fluid and loose manner with the intent of weaking the materialism argument. Materialism, as a metaphysics, has enough problems as it is without straw manning. IOW, advance the strongest materialism\physicalism position BEFORE attacking it. The challenges ...

Reading Owen Barfield StA and PoF again made me thinking about the standard theory of perception in the current perspective of mainstream materialism. If, like the materialist think, the world around us is only a dream, somehow generated trough our senses and the stimulis of the unrepresented, that ...

I think we are in agreement - if a more unified and less duality of experience is desired, culture clarity and presence of mind and opening of the heart. One could structure the perfect preferred philosophy, all the right words in the right order - but the true honest 'measurement' is clarity ...