I agree that there is so much which we cannot know for sure. — Jack Cummins
The biggest question which I would have about the idea of CS Lewis, is what would it mean to exist in the mind of God, especially as many challenge the idea of God, or have different ideas of God. — Jack Cummins
Does philosophy have a valuable function do you think? — bert1
Regarding figuring out the nature of the world I do think philosophy is all we have to tackle consciousness in a theoretical way. — bert1
Regarding figuring out the nature of the world I do think philosophy is all we have to tackle consciousness in a theoretical way. — bert1
If Stevenson and others apply scientific methods in their research then it can't be dismissed as "mysticism". In any case, their findings can't be rejected before even looking at them. To do so would be unscientific. — Apollodorus
In fact, in the past, I have seen some esoteric and magical secret society people call themselves as scientists — Corvus
You were probably mixing with the wrong crowd in that case. As for myself, I have seen some scientists calling themselves scientists. — Apollodorus
I don't think I have ever did. I am only a philosophy reader. — Corvus
Then how do you know that the people you saw in youtube were not scientists? — Apollodorus
So, having common sense makes you a scientist? — Apollodorus
But your common sense told you they were not scientists. So you are claiming that your common sense enables you to tell what is scientific and what is not. — Apollodorus
How can headway be made? By what means can consciousness after death be measured? — Fooloso4
Scientists use facts, concrete evidences and proofs for their truths. — Corvus
Stevenson was a respected professor of psychiatry. His work was favorably reviewed in Scientific American. On what basis are you saying he was not a scientist?
Ian Stevenson - Wikipedia — Apollodorus
I don't know who he is, but you should also bear in mind that there is a big debate, whether psychology can be classed as a science. You should read some Philosophy of Science books. — Corvus
Right. So you don't know who Stevenson is, you don't know that psychiatry and psychology are two different things, you don't know that psychiatry uses scientific and empirical methods, but your "common sense" tells you that Stevenson was a "fortune teller".
You must have a highly unusual common sense then. A bit too unusual to believe it, to be honest. — Apollodorus
I don't think my common sense is unusual. No I don't agree with you. — Corvus
Some people believe in immortality and others see death as the end. These are speculations, and I am an agnostic on that matter. But I am curious about what the experience of dreaming consciousness will be after death, even if it is an end. I think it will be of significance in some sense to our identity. — Jack Cummins
Well, you can think of the sea as a vast expanse or body of water that (1) contains and is itself as water and (2) contains things other than water itself such as fish.
Now compare consciousness with the sea. It is a vast expanse or body of self-aware intelligent energy that is (1) aware of itself as itself and (2) aware of objects such as thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, etc. — Apollodorus
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