I believe in empirical speculation but do believe it has its limitations. Perhaps we are in danger of shutting off our philosophical quest if we remain too empirical and closed to other ways of perceiving the problems arising in philosophy — Jack Cummins
In particular, how does the emotional stand, and to what extent is this simply an expression of the material, or something more? — Jack Cummins
But the so-called material world that we actually inhabit is shot-through with meaning, information, none of which is itself material. — Pantagruel
The symbolic historical significance of material structures carries meaning that can evoke real actions in people that have nothing whatsoever to do with the materiality of those structures. — Pantagruel
Certain philosophers, such as Kant and Plato, believed in transcendent ideas, beyond the material world. — Jack Cummins
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