SI L56 (upload) - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... According to the Consequentialists, conventional objects that appear to a person, who has not abandoned ignorance, necessarily appear to exist by way of their own character. Since that is the case, then all consciousnesses that possess an aspect of the conventional are necessarily mistaken. In the c ...
... According to the Consequentialists, conventional objects that appear to a person, who has not abandoned ignorance, necessarily appear to exist by way of their own character. Since that is the case, then all consciousnesses that possess an aspect of the conventional are necessarily mistaken. In the c ...
Animal and Machine Consciousness
... The real test, though, was what would happen if the chimpanzees saw red paint on the face in the mirror: would they realize it was their own face and try to examine it by touch? It turned out, yes, they would. Variations of this experiment have been successfully repeated with dolphins, elephants, an ...
... The real test, though, was what would happen if the chimpanzees saw red paint on the face in the mirror: would they realize it was their own face and try to examine it by touch? It turned out, yes, they would. Variations of this experiment have been successfully repeated with dolphins, elephants, an ...
A Beginner`s Guide to Descartes`s Meditations
... dictions: as a man of science he was concerned with the advancement of 2 however, as a religious believer, he was knowledge by solely rational means; also keen to find arguments in support of religious doctrine and thereby con 3 This combination of scientific zeal and reli vince non-believers of its ...
... dictions: as a man of science he was concerned with the advancement of 2 however, as a religious believer, he was knowledge by solely rational means; also keen to find arguments in support of religious doctrine and thereby con 3 This combination of scientific zeal and reli vince non-believers of its ...
CHAPTER 4
... Substance: René Descartes • Thesis. The mental is completely distinct from the physical. What distinguishes the physical is that it can be measured, weighed, and in general treated mathematically, whereas the mental cannot be treated in those ways. ...
... Substance: René Descartes • Thesis. The mental is completely distinct from the physical. What distinguishes the physical is that it can be measured, weighed, and in general treated mathematically, whereas the mental cannot be treated in those ways. ...
2011-10-10 Drup.ta /Tenets Geshe Jampa Tenzin Mind Only School
... this evening’s, and then they can be broken down to this minute, then a nano second. In this way the mental consciousness can be broken down into different parts and then we get to such a miniscule moment that can’t be broken down or else you will kill consciousness, they say. Space is another examp ...
... this evening’s, and then they can be broken down to this minute, then a nano second. In this way the mental consciousness can be broken down into different parts and then we get to such a miniscule moment that can’t be broken down or else you will kill consciousness, they say. Space is another examp ...
A Critique of Descartes` Mind-Body Dualism
... each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as existing independent and distinct from his body, the seed of Cartesian dualism was thus sowed. The thrust of the matter now is, and here lies the Cartesian mind-body q ...
... each of which is distinctly different, and can exist independent of each other. With Descartes’ establishment of his soul or mind as existing independent and distinct from his body, the seed of Cartesian dualism was thus sowed. The thrust of the matter now is, and here lies the Cartesian mind-body q ...
neuro-ontological interpretation of spiritual experiences
... look far and deep into the universe and dare to go beyond, at some point you will face your self. There is no such thing as monotonous, infinite progression and regression with endless hierarchies, larger and larger supersystems on the way up, or smaller and smaller elementary particles on the way d ...
... look far and deep into the universe and dare to go beyond, at some point you will face your self. There is no such thing as monotonous, infinite progression and regression with endless hierarchies, larger and larger supersystems on the way up, or smaller and smaller elementary particles on the way d ...
Anselm`s Ontological Argument and Degrees of
... which a greater cannot be conceived exists in the understanding alone: to conceive of this thing as existing in reality would be to conceive of it as being something greater. Part of what is going on in this argument from the notion that Anselm uses to name God and the key premises that move from t ...
... which a greater cannot be conceived exists in the understanding alone: to conceive of this thing as existing in reality would be to conceive of it as being something greater. Part of what is going on in this argument from the notion that Anselm uses to name God and the key premises that move from t ...
Theories of Consciousness - National Philosophical Counseling
... essentially both immaterial, simple, unexpended. Furthermore, the mind is described as (b) active, self-conscious, reflexive; and (c) indivisible; hence it constitutes a “unity of consciousness” and usually, although certainly not always, it is also argued to be immortal as a consequence. In direct ...
... essentially both immaterial, simple, unexpended. Furthermore, the mind is described as (b) active, self-conscious, reflexive; and (c) indivisible; hence it constitutes a “unity of consciousness” and usually, although certainly not always, it is also argued to be immortal as a consequence. In direct ...
Changing Minds and Mental Health
... willed choice that results in positive change. The medical or therapeutic view of ‘mind changing’ certainly assumes that people change from some negative mental view to a ‘better’ positive view, although it is not always clear who gets to evaluate change or decide whether such change is actually ‘be ...
... willed choice that results in positive change. The medical or therapeutic view of ‘mind changing’ certainly assumes that people change from some negative mental view to a ‘better’ positive view, although it is not always clear who gets to evaluate change or decide whether such change is actually ‘be ...
Rene Descartes
... exist”, whenever I utter it or conceive it in my mind, is necessarily true.‟ The Latin for this discovery, Cogito ergo sum (I am thinking, therefore I exist), is perhaps the best known philosophical catch-phrase ever formulated. It is on the basis of the Cogito, as this first certainty is sometimes ...
... exist”, whenever I utter it or conceive it in my mind, is necessarily true.‟ The Latin for this discovery, Cogito ergo sum (I am thinking, therefore I exist), is perhaps the best known philosophical catch-phrase ever formulated. It is on the basis of the Cogito, as this first certainty is sometimes ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... made and fashioned by man where as the latter by God. Human body can move and can perform different actions only because it is created by God and He allowed them to do so. Thus in Cartesian philosophy the whole system of the universe is described with the help of three substances and their mutual re ...
... made and fashioned by man where as the latter by God. Human body can move and can perform different actions only because it is created by God and He allowed them to do so. Thus in Cartesian philosophy the whole system of the universe is described with the help of three substances and their mutual re ...
Descartes` Epistemology
... – “Archimedes, in order that he might draw the terrestrial globe out of its place, and transport it elsewhere, demanded only that one point should be fixed and immoveable; in the same way, I shall have the right to have high hopes, if I am happy enough to discover one thing only which is certain an ...
... – “Archimedes, in order that he might draw the terrestrial globe out of its place, and transport it elsewhere, demanded only that one point should be fixed and immoveable; in the same way, I shall have the right to have high hopes, if I am happy enough to discover one thing only which is certain an ...
Philosophy 35
... relationship between philosophy and theology, and integrate philosophy with the new forms of science. He is respected for his attempts to create a form of philosophical argument akin to science or mathematics, his emphasis on perspective of consciousness in epistemology, and his work on methodology. ...
... relationship between philosophy and theology, and integrate philosophy with the new forms of science. He is respected for his attempts to create a form of philosophical argument akin to science or mathematics, his emphasis on perspective of consciousness in epistemology, and his work on methodology. ...
Ionian Philosophers
... to a step in the series of which our understanding is not sufficiently well able to have an intuitive cognition, we must stop short there.” 5. Descartes’ method was Rationalistic basing its knowledge on the processes of the mind apart from the senses (Empiricism), which he believed could only confus ...
... to a step in the series of which our understanding is not sufficiently well able to have an intuitive cognition, we must stop short there.” 5. Descartes’ method was Rationalistic basing its knowledge on the processes of the mind apart from the senses (Empiricism), which he believed could only confus ...
The Rationalist - Cengage Learning
... The world is roughly as he perceives it, since God cannot be an evil genius and be the infinitely perfect being Descartes has in mind. Also, the mind and the body are two distinct things, since that is the way Descartes perceives them as being, and he now knows he is not being deceived about such th ...
... The world is roughly as he perceives it, since God cannot be an evil genius and be the infinitely perfect being Descartes has in mind. Also, the mind and the body are two distinct things, since that is the way Descartes perceives them as being, and he now knows he is not being deceived about such th ...
Emotions, attitudes and communication
... The building block upon which he constructed his philosophy of Dualism. In Descartes' approach, thought is the proof of existence; it is the basic truth. Damasio argues that the body is the genesis of thought, that thinking is inherent to a body in which no spirit exists. The fundamental difference ...
... The building block upon which he constructed his philosophy of Dualism. In Descartes' approach, thought is the proof of existence; it is the basic truth. Damasio argues that the body is the genesis of thought, that thinking is inherent to a body in which no spirit exists. The fundamental difference ...
Buddhist View of Mind_home
... experiences according to whether our ego finds them: – attractive (desire, grasping at an object) – unattractive (anger, aversion, rejecting, repulsion) – neutral (ignorance that drives a view of reality that induces suffering; a definite state of mind which causes us to act in a certain way) – cons ...
... experiences according to whether our ego finds them: – attractive (desire, grasping at an object) – unattractive (anger, aversion, rejecting, repulsion) – neutral (ignorance that drives a view of reality that induces suffering; a definite state of mind which causes us to act in a certain way) – cons ...
Grendel BY John gardner
... He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel says, “The world is all pointless accident…I exist, nothing else.” ...
... He says, “I alone exist…I create the whole universe, blink by blink.” After arriving back in his cave, Grendel says, “The world is all pointless accident…I exist, nothing else.” ...
Two Cartesian Topics – Scepticism and the Mind
... – Nor does it follow that the thing that thinks could exist without being extended. (Imagine if a piece of matter were made able to think.) ...
... – Nor does it follow that the thing that thinks could exist without being extended. (Imagine if a piece of matter were made able to think.) ...
What is Metaphysics?
... Objects are real, due to the evidence gather from the senses and perceptions. It insists that matter alone provides a sufficient explanation of reality;understanding its physical processes id sufficient. • Reality then can consist of Ideas –Idealism- Thoughts, concepts, minds are real, due to the a ...
... Objects are real, due to the evidence gather from the senses and perceptions. It insists that matter alone provides a sufficient explanation of reality;understanding its physical processes id sufficient. • Reality then can consist of Ideas –Idealism- Thoughts, concepts, minds are real, due to the a ...
“Mind over Reality Theory”: A New Explanation for Unusual Features
... extended ToM, a trait required for the optimal expression of numerous other unique attributes of our species. The conventional explanation for this singularity is that these unique features of human cognition arose via stepwise positive selection of multiple traits that were immediately beneficial t ...
... extended ToM, a trait required for the optimal expression of numerous other unique attributes of our species. The conventional explanation for this singularity is that these unique features of human cognition arose via stepwise positive selection of multiple traits that were immediately beneficial t ...
PHIL 1115 - Ursula Stange
... things-in-themselves are unknowable only knowledge of one thing-in-itself is possible : ...
... things-in-themselves are unknowable only knowledge of one thing-in-itself is possible : ...
Intro to Metaphysics
... process, our mind and thoughts. That what is perceived, and which behaves ordinary, is not an entity on itself, but was created in or by the mind. ...
... process, our mind and thoughts. That what is perceived, and which behaves ordinary, is not an entity on itself, but was created in or by the mind. ...