I am not a physicist but I believe that we have moved away from the Newtonian model which looks to structures. The quantum physicists are showing that the universe is much more complex and are less inclined to look for explanations in purely material terms. — Jack Cummins
I think that this reminds us of our limited human view. — Jack Cummins
Oxytocin. I think all emotions have a material basis in terms of hormones, enzymes and the like. What's not explicable through such means is selfless devotion and self-sacrifice. — Wayfarer
Also on your point of selfless devotion and self sacrifice.. is this not a feature of love? Does he/she who loves in totality not find themselves willing to sacrifice anything and everything for the preservation or wellbeing of the object of their love - think the maternal instinct of a mother to throw herself in front of traffic in order to rescue her child from being hit by a car. — Benj96
brain seems a bit limited — Jack Cummins
determinist belief systems because they are popular and mainstream — Jack Cummins
Absolute? Well, ineluctable (i.e. subject-pov-language-gauge invariant) apparently.I raise the question as to whether the material world is the most absolute form of reality as it appears to be at the centre of most other debates within philosophy. — Jack Cummins
Furthermore ...It is at the centre of the whole consideration of life and death and how we frame reality, so I see it as one of the most important philosophy questions.
"The future is uncertain... the present and future of humanity.
whether the material world is the most absolute form of reality — Jack Cummins
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