General Philosophy

Let's go in distant future. Let's assume that science has discovered all the fundamental particles/concepts that explain this universe completely. My questions are as follows: 1. Won't these fundamental particles have to be taken as a 'given' (with no further explanation possible)? 2. Is this the ultimate future of science...to reach at something, which has to be taken as a given?

Einstein is famously (not necessarily correctly or usefully) said to have wondered what it would be like to put oneself in the frame of a beam of light. Has anyone tried to do this wrt a quantum particle btw interactions? If we try to walk in the shoes of this "particle" is there anything in between the first interaction)its "birth" and its second interaction ,its "death"? If the particle can be seen to have a "timeline" passing through successive interactions can these be seen as metamorphosed in some way? My (philosophical?) bias is to a form of panpsychism ,which may be why I entertain these wacky ideas in the first place (but I …

Those of us that struggle to make ends meet, dream of winning the lottery. It's even advertised as, a life changing amount. But is that change positive? The Diderot effect would sugget otherwise....

Okay, so I’m new here. Hi everyone. So I’m not sure why this is affecting me this severely, but I recently discovered the whole “free will vs. determinism” question, and I’ve realized quickly that I should’ve never been introduced to this idea, because I’m finding it almost impossible to deal with the notion of not having free will. It has sent my mind into this state of extreme shock, agony, and despair that almost seems insurmountable. It’s like my whole world and everything I believed has been flipped on its head. I’m serious in saying that this has sent me into a straight panic and shock. I feel like I’m having this nervous breakdown. It’s an overwhelming feeling…

I think it's to hold up a mirror (with the same relective index) to everyone, equally; be they, a scientist or a priest, a leader or a follower, a worker or a lay about, a saint or a sinner etc. Should anyone be exempt from that scrutiny? Perhaps: A scientist is better informed than a priest. A leader is a better human than sheeple. etc. Discus...

My interest is religion and I was told by an African-American co-worker, a "friend", I had mistakenly thought, that I was headed to hell! Simply based on my belief - religion or lack of it - "Works don't matter" He says It struck me that all this religion did was to replace the words "skin color" with "religion" and my black co-worker now fully embraced Racist ideas of division and hate Amazing, isn't it? Here was this black person who, I do not doubt, endured Racism and Discrimination based on nothing but skin color - To Racists that's all that mattered, his skin color. Who he was as a person - HIS WORKS - did not matter That was the same abuse that J…

There is no Beginning or Ending for Time & Space There is no Limit for Numbers, Words or Events Matter and Energy are that what matters and form the Universe which has a Past Present and Future These are the Dimensions and Parameters of the Creation and Creator

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Folks often throw in as justification It's logical that It's rational that It's reasonable that It's sensible that And other terms I haven't thought of Well most of the topic is in the title. But there are a few other words that are also used so they should be included in the discussion.

Taking a balcony break this evening, I was greeted once again with a chorus we get at the height of the rains that has intrigued me for years. Here in southern Nigeria, our frogs don't go 'Ribbit...' There's one species that does a similar and insistent 'Chicken... Chicken... Chicken'. And then there's a second that intersperses a deeper pitched almost lugubrious 'Egg... Egg... Egg'. Is there an Aristotelian debate going on here amongst the lower orders?

hello, i would like to talk about free will and read what you think about it ... I think free will do not exist because I feel that the universe is like a bucket of water that has been emptied, what the water do would be because of the way it has been emptied... i was thinking i don't control my moves, i start to think i don't even control my thoughts, like i'm an observer I hope you will be interested to talk about this

Take a period in my past: I have documentary evidence and ( probably but not necessarily )some memories that show I was alive . Now take any moment in that timeframe and the odds are that I have no memory at all of it and yet logically I must have been alive then because this moment occurred in the middle of a timeframe in which I know(and it can be shown) I was alive. So if I was alive at that particular moment has that person who was alive then now died? To extrapolate ( or just generalize) are our lives a succession of experiences characterized by a feeling of being an individual ,each one of which effectively dies unless i…

Philosophy can be generalized with accord to three very powerful and expansive questions: 1. What is the Meaning of Life? 2. Does God Exist (and How)? 3. What is the Nature of Reality? So with regard to this topic, let's begin with the first. I want to know what this forum's Users think about these questions. Once the first question is sufficiently resolved, if it ever could be, then you are welcome to move onto the next over the course of discussion or debate. What is the Meaning of Life then?

Contactees have been telling us about aliens for at least 80 years. There is no evidence that they came here to eat us. Nor is there evidence that they came here to invade the Earth. Truthfully, some of the stories have involved scary abductions by aliens. There might even be a fertility group of aliens out there that is looking for the right human DNA. How many religious groups have been started in the name of contact with aliens? I'm not suggesting that science follow any of the UFO paths that went to bad places. I am suggesting that there is nothing wrong with reaching out in meditation or intent to make contact with aliens who care about our planet. We mi…

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Link to blog removed by moderator Empiricism and fallibilism are the foundations of science. No amount of evidence can ever prove a theory, but it only takes one piece of evidence to disprove a theory. “Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.” - Richard Dawkins. As Renee Descartes' philosophy put "I think therefore I am" and knowledge of one's existence as the foundations of knowledge, some aspects of experience can also share the same epistemological status of certainty. Scientific theory never obtains such status nor can any evidence obtained by it, hence i…

This topic talks about the relationship of philosophy, science and reality. I will expound it thru questions: 1. Is philosophy more advance than science in understanding reality because it can form ideas even when there is no experiments performed or observations (While science on the other hand can't step forward because it relies on data)? 2. Is philosophy always correct? Are there instance that science prove philosophy?If philosophy always correct, we can rely solely to philosophy than science. 3. Is philosophy as accurate as science? 4. When can we say that a question become philosophical? Can we say that philosophy is an advance science? If yes then we can concl…

4th Axiom Geometric Reasoning I published a book about it. It is on Amazon.com You should swing up a copy, don't you know how important logic is!? 3 Axioms have existed since ancient times. This is a 4th axiom This is new logic. JOIN THE REVOLUTION!! I have been working on new logic ideas since 2016 & finally published my first book about my idea of 4th axiom geometric reasoning! Part 1: Triangularization 1.) Differential is consummate and has efficiency. 2.) A unit is a nexus. 3.) Congruency adds value. 4.) Contraption brings exchange. 5.) Differential has efficiency and congruency yields a unit. 6.) Units and differential can exist inte…

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I pose to you all three "simple" questions: 1. What is the Meaning of Life? 2. Does God Exist (and How)? 3. What is the Nature of Reality?

I have started this thread to help jasper better understand science as a result of this comment. I have placed the discussion in Philosophy to be even handed to both Sciences which I propose The underlying approach to their subjects by Physics and Mathematics are the antithesis of each other, curious because Physics relies so heavily on Mathemstics.

It is my opinion that there are only 2 consciousness states,Manual and Autopilot.We “toggle” all the time between these 2 consciousness states either in awareness or unawareness.If we “toggle” in unawareness then clearly we are a “prisoner of consciousness” to coin a phrase. However, if we have awareness then we can exercise control over which consciousness state we wish to reside within in any given moment.We can bring ourselves out of Autopilot and into Manual. Initially, we are unable to stay in manual for long, we just “toggle” back to Autopilot until we bring ourselves back into Manual again and so it continues. It is my opinion, that awareness is d…

I found this that may interest some by Carl Sagan from his The Demon-Haunted World: 1. Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the “facts.” 2. Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view. 3. Arguments from authority carry little weight—“authorities” have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts. 4. Spin more than one hypothesis. If there’s something to be explained, think of all the different ways in which it could be explained. Then think of tests by …

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