Of course, I know that I am so influenced by Jung, as you are with Spinoza. I wonder how can the Jungian worldview can be compared and contrasted with that of Spinoza? — Jack Cummins

The reason why one might be open to the possibility of a ‘life beyond’, or not, or why one might think it ridiculous, is the philosophical question at issue. — Wayfarer

Bohm's ideas on the idea of the implicate and explicate order. — Jack Cummins

I go towards the position of non-dualism.

I am a mystic in the Platonic sense. — Jack Cummins

But, the question of source does seem important ... — Jack Cummins

... and is connected to the issue of how did something come from nothing?

F[eu]rerbach's 'projections' raise the question as to whether God created man in his own image or vice versa.

... whether there is a 'higher power' or not, which may come down to whether spirit or 'the supernatural' exist in any meaningful way. Or, are they mere projections of the human imagination? — Jack Cummins

I am inclined to think that there is a transcendent realm.

There is nature but does anything exist beyond this, as [the] source.

... 'quantum reality'.

If I can see [experience] it, it's physical. — Hanover

... cultures the world over have reported [FLAT Earth] experiences, along with narratives of other planes of existence, re-birth (and there is substantial corroborated evidence of children with past-life recall) and so on. Might it be that the [ROUND Earth] worldview is deficient in some respect. — Wayfarer

Yes, all the [emo] kids of my era were cheerfully fixated with deconstruction in the 1980’s. I never had the temperament to make it through the texts. They were so turgid and took time from women and booze. — Tom Storm

I have to say that NDEs are a serious anomaly in physicalism — MoK

According to its believers, experience is something extra to physicalism ... — MoK

My point here is that if we take the mind/body interaction problem seriously, we don't just shrug our shoulders and claim that ghosts exist as a seperate substance in a mysterious way, but we say instead that ghosts must be physical as well. Once you start observing and measuring, you're a physicist, and you need to categorize your discoveries scientifically. That is, it is impossible to physically prove the non-physical. — Hanover

@Sam26

You're trying to make an apple pie with strawberries.

@Hanover gamely pointed out that people can't see without using their eyes, and all of the reports you rely on are of people seeing without their eyes and hearing without their ears. — Srap Tasmaner

When I spoke of shallow atheism, I was referring to scientism and materialistic determinism. — Jack Cummins

So Spinoza is an atheist IMHO: I remember now. — Bob Ross

That there are volumes and volumes of evidence amounts to nothing if that evidence isn't subjected to meaningful scrutiny. — Hanover

First [and last] comes daily life, then comes philosophy. — T Clark

Knowledge is stuff you know and wisdom is understanding how and when to apply such knowledge. — I like sushi

My arguments are is that naturalism is very successful at explaining. The supernatural is not successful. — Apustimelogist

You [@Sam26] are making a scientific claim about the way the universe is. Just as physics and biology require replicable experiments to show that their theories are empirically adequate, you need to do the same to show there is no possibility that scientific theories can account for the same phenomena. — Apustimelogist

If you [@Sam26] do not have a strong basis to do so, people are justified in not believing you given a confidence in naturalism.

... a simple person, with ordinary views, with simple desires and good intentions. Perhaps philosophy teaches us this? — Astorre

Personally, I wouldn’t say I am wise, but I do have experience and competence in some areas. Do I actively cultivate wisdom? I rarely think about it. — Tom Storm

How do you personally resolve ethical contradictions that arise in your everyday life? — Astorre

Does your knowledge of philosophy help you deal with life's difficulties, losses, or existential anxiety?

How do you find a balance between your philosophical mindset and the superficiality you encounter in others?

Does philosophical thinking change your approach to relationships, friendships, and love? If so, how?

Can an uneducated person be wise?
— Tom Storm
No.
— L'éléphant

That’s ridiculous. I think it shows, perhaps, a lack of wisdom. — T Clark

Jefferson held that universal education ... — Athena

... is the most effective means of preserving democracy and good government.

[A] flat EEG reading isn't a sufficient measurement for defining brain death. — sime

... It just gets tiresome. Everything is amazing. Let's leave it at that. — Outlander

All we can do is be[come?] the change we want to see. — Baden

I'd rather lose on argument than bluff my way through one. That's the beginning of outsourcing your personality.

The end is human jello permanently plugged into AI-Tik Tok, gurgling its way happily to death.

... liberal education ... — Athena

Systems are coherencies of (self-recreating in the case of autopoietic systems) differences between themselves and an environment. — Baden

... if NDEs are veridical, then the standard mind–brain equivalence is challenged - along with the assumption that humans are wholly or simply physical ... the metaphysical implications can’t simply be wished away. — Wayfarer

... [M]odels of God have no bearing on whether there is a God or not, only on what people claim about God. — Tom Storm

I've read his Ethics and it seems to me like he believed in a form of deism ... — Bob Ross

... but, crucially, I don't see how it is incompatible with historical classical theism (like Aristotle's).

Can you elaborate on what you mean by classical theism being outdated but Spinoza's Substance is not?

Read [Spinoza's] Ethics - Part 1 "Of God" pp. 1-31 (iirc) — 180 Proof

It seems that you are leaping ahead, identifying a being, rather than just an eternal permanence that 'IS' (has being), such as the quantum vacuum, that is absolutely simple, but never still, providing for change. — PoeticUniverse

Would you say that those cognitive abilities have benefited from exposure to the intellectual stimulation and challenge provided by the ideas others offer on forums like this one? — Joshs

The idea of god intervening just is an idea of separation.

... the idea of an intervening god seem to place you [@Bob Ross] more in the context of scriptural theology than natural theology. — Janus

Can you elaborate on Spinoza's critiques [deconstruction] of classical theism? — Bob Ross

I think God is Being itself; so perhaps Spinoza's "Substance" is another way of describing it: what do you think?

↪Bob Ross
What you describe seems to express the view of Deism ... — Paine

Henry Bergson's idea of the mind as being a filter of 'mind at large' offers a fuller descriptive explanation. — Jack Cummins