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    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(September 1, 2016 at 9:25 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (September 1, 2016 at 8:40 pm)Panatheist Wrote: Don't see where I'm saying there is more to any form of awareness than a neural correlate, physical expl...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 September 2, 2016 at 4:53 am
    Thread: Literature vs. Religion
Post: RE: Literature vs. Religion
(September 1, 2016 at 1:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:  I mean, stopping a whore from getting stoned to death and calling her attackers out for their hypocrisy is pretty brave, and pretty progressiv...
 Panatheist Philosophy 11 1325 September 1, 2016 at 8:59 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(September 1, 2016 at 9:10 am)Rhythm Wrote: (September 1, 2016 at 2:05 am)Panatheist Wrote: The attribution of the experience to an altered state?  I specifically used the term altered state to de...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 September 1, 2016 at 8:40 pm
    Thread: Free Will
Post: RE: Free Will
(September 1, 2016 at 8:03 am)bennyboy Wrote: (September 1, 2016 at 7:37 am)Panatheist Wrote: What would it even mean for the will to be free? It means that the intent of a sentient agent can be m...
 Panatheist Philosophy 112 13009 September 1, 2016 at 9:55 am
    Thread: Literature vs. Religion
Post: RE: Literature vs. Religion
(August 31, 2016 at 10:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 10:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yes.  Mostly how not to act in the modern world. Nah, I think the message of forgiveness and tolerance o...
 Panatheist Philosophy 11 1325 September 1, 2016 at 8:01 am
    Thread: Free Will
Post: RE: Free Will
(September 1, 2016 at 5:28 am)Yoo Wrote: (August 30, 2016 at 7:08 pm)bennyboy Wrote: As soon as we start talking about conscious agency, we're talking about a very, very high order of supervenienc...
 Panatheist Philosophy 112 13009 September 1, 2016 at 7:37 am
    Thread: Contingency
Post: RE: Contingency
Very funny.
 Panatheist Physical Sciences 16 2180 September 1, 2016 at 4:40 am
    Thread: Contingency
Post: RE: Contingency
(August 31, 2016 at 10:23 pm)bennyboy Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 9:13 pm)Panatheist Wrote: A claim was made to me that the cosmos is contingent and this is why physicists are coming up with theori...
 Panatheist Physical Sciences 16 2180 September 1, 2016 at 3:02 am
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(September 1, 2016 at 1:03 am)Rhythm Wrote: (September 1, 2016 at 12:55 am)Panatheist Wrote: I had edited my previous post and then saw this reply, but I don't think the changes were that substant...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 September 1, 2016 at 2:05 am
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
I had edited my previous post and then saw this reply, but I don't think the changes were that substantial except a note I included at the bottom about why I think I was not daydreaming. I didn't go ...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 September 1, 2016 at 12:55 am
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 11:03 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 10:34 pm)Panatheist Wrote: I referenced the inability to prove my own past subjective experiences to anyone - because there is not.  ...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 11:59 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 9:10 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 8:47 pm)Panatheist Wrote: Well, again, there is no way to prove it to anyone.Yes, there is, you referenced it yourself, in that altere...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 10:34 pm
    Thread: Contingency
Post: Contingency
A claim was made to me that the cosmos is contingent and this is why physicists are coming up with theories of prior universes "before" the Big Bang, etc. Do most physicists actually say our cosmos i...
 Panatheist Physical Sciences 16 2180 August 31, 2016 at 9:13 pm
    Thread: Platonism
Post: Platonism
So, I have an ongoing friendly dialogue with a philosopher friend. He has been trying to prove to me that the cosmos is contingent, that it is dependent on something else for existence, in his belief...
 Panatheist Philosophy 1 348 August 31, 2016 at 9:10 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 8:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I'm afraid you might be equivocating over the term altered state.  That there is a nueral correlate does not imply or demonstrate that you were in an altere...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 8:47 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 8:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 8:12 pm)Panatheist Wrote: I presume a waking experience involving a highly complex visual experience unrelated to my immediate environ...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 8:23 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 7:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Panatheist Wrote: I cannot of course prove to others what kind of purely subjective experiences I have.  There are nevertheles...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 8:12 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 7:46 pm)abaris Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Panatheist Wrote: I understand there is no necessary connection between skepticism of the paranormal and atheism and did not c...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 7:51 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
(August 31, 2016 at 6:29 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I strongly dislike it when people dismiss the fact that my wife is the coolest female in the world just because they've had no personal experiences of anyth...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm
    Thread: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
Post: RE: What philosophical evidence is there against b...
I should add this: An author I very much like is Susan Blackmore. She has had a number of experiences commonly believed to be paranormal, some of them drug-induced, others induced by various forms o...
 Panatheist Philosophy 150 12638 August 31, 2016 at 6:19 pm