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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do abstract things and spiritual things exist in addition to |
| Cato Publius |
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Posted: 18 May 2015, 1:37 pm
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| I am working on a paper that addresses this issue. I propose that there are two different "worlds" which coincide to allow us to experience the physical world. This is because I define phenomenon as 1. having an observable--physical--end and 2. having a means which is hidden--usually mathe... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Newton's Bucket--A New Look? |
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Posted: 18 May 2015, 10:51 am
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| And I do have time, so let me try to explain my case. I originally sought out to figure out the relation between mathematics and phenomenon; this first required me to define phenomenon. I thought an adequate definition was that phenomenon required two parts--an observable end product, and a hidden m... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Newton's Bucket--A New Look? |
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Posted: 18 May 2015, 10:41 am
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| Hello, first post here. I have been writing an essay recently to possibly show how a universe which consists of two worlds--an immaterial guiding world, and a physical world--is more probable than a purely physical world. The immaterial world that I am trying to show is most probable is the immutabl... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 May 2015, 12:53 pm
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| It doesn't have to be an either/or thing. Philosophy is scalable. :D Back in the day (the classical period), philosophy was used as a tool by individuals, showing them how to live a good life. As you might be able to tell from my avatar, I'm quite interested in Roman Stoicism. This philosophy is de... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 11:33 pm
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| Thank for starting this thread on the importance of philosophy, Cato Publius. Could you clarify which aspects of the ideology of liberalism you consider especially pernicious? The term is used in a number of different contexts with a number of different meanings. I thought that Locke himself was a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 3:19 pm
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| Cato， please understand I am a creative. I paint portraits. My mind works well on an intuitive level. What you describe as the mind working for genius, works in a similar way for us lesser mortals. Have you heard of the anesthesist and academic Stuart Hameroff. I have thought how it works for non-g... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Conscious Life |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 1:23 pm
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| Rocks, Trees, beasts, cats and humans. We have a progression of life with humans at the top. We claim that superiority from our ability of reflection, the ability to create and we will say progress. Some people claim that trees are conscious because they can talk to them. I wont argue the point. Ot... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 1:07 pm
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RhodyStruggle wrote: I tend to model the universe and the various subsets thereof which I apprehend as topologies and/or algebraic structures.
I think your meaning might be clearer if you add a treatment differentiating between noumenon and phenomenon.
Thank you for the input! I will have to ponder on this. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 1:05 pm
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| Hi Cato, what do you think of John Wheeler and Roger Penrose, both mathematicians as a I understand it. How do you see thought having to do with phenomenon. Thought and Phenomenon This section describes a phenomenon which is not based on any guiding principle, like the laws of math or physics, howe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 08 May 2015, 11:26 am
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| Everything you witness in life is simply how the human mind perceives math? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 08 May 2015, 10:58 am
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| What we experience and observe every day is the visualization of math. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Math and Phenomenon |
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Posted: 08 May 2015, 10:53 am
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| We live in a world in which all that we experience and observe is math. Once we realize this, we can appreciate the world to a higher degree. Math and Phenomena The central question posed here is whether math, at its foundation, can be considered phenomenon in any sense. This begs the question of wh... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 10:32 pm
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| Introduction: The Importance of Philosophy Both Locke and More reduced and marginalized philosophy to something of a profession to solve the little quirks in everyday life which are not too profound; leading to the conclusion that philosophy is useless, as at its core it is to think profoundly in o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 10:23 pm
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| Okay, I am addressing the issue of the common reader. I am elaborating the ideas in the main paper in a "Clarifications" section which gives quotes and references, as well as more elaboration of general ideas. Thanks for the input. Is it just me or would it not be simpler to just state a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 10:10 pm
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| Okay, I am addressing the issue of the common reader. I am elaborating the ideas in the main paper in a "Clarifications" section which gives quotes and references, as well as more elaboration of general ideas. Thanks for the input. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Importance of Philosophy |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2015, 9:59 pm
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| Are you writing for a general audience? I don't recall having learned anything about More, and I've forgotten what little I read of Locke, so you lost me at the beginning. I appreciate the feedback, I haven't known how generally I should write this; is saying that they did so not enough? Not sure i... |
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