You don't agree with my inference that the "Big Bang" put an end to the eternal universe assumption, and re-opened the question of First Cause??? I'm crushed! Guess it's time for "Gnome" to slink away from the slanted "light of reason". . . . . Or not. :groan:Yeah. That's a wrap for Gnome. — Banno
But we are guided nonetheless by our Will and intellect to move forward with living life. In — 3017amen
My question relates to how that cognition works with philosophical theories about how we got here. Is that foregoing an example of top-down reasoning or bottom-up reasoning, I wonder. — 3017amen
But we are guided nonetheless by our Will and intellect to move forward with living life. In — 3017amen
Like a circling eddy in a stream, yea. — frank
My question relates to how that cognition works with philosophical theories about how we got here. Is that foregoing an example of top-down reasoning or bottom-up reasoning, I wonder. — 3017amen
One idea would be that just as I reflect on events and my self is generated by that reflection, the tribe's living self is generated by saying how we got here? — frank
Sure. Like James' notion of our stream of consciousness. Which begs yet another question, if this energy cause, results in this cognitive behavior, does the law(s) of energy apply here? Meaning, if energy can neither be created or destroyed, what happens to conscious energy, I wonder. Or maybe it's not germane because it's (consciousness) not exclusively material(?). — 3017amen
Could you elaborate a bit on that one Frank? Is that like Wheeler's PAP? — 3017amen
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