(June 4, 2013 at 8:14 pm)TheBigOhMan Wrote: . . .Protopanphysicalism. . .tl;dr
I know what all the parts of that word mean, but I do not know what the word means. It almost seems a propos to the subject in a strange way. By panphysicalism, I take it you are referring to a physical monism-- everything is physical. But I don't know how to apply "proto-" to that concept.
If pressed to define myself, I'd say I'm an ambiguist. I think things can often be interpreted through opposing viewpoints, with nothing to decide with view is correct. I'd argue that the universe is completely idealistic as well as completely objective, and that the only resolution to paradox (or ambiguity) is a change in perspective.
For example, which is "correct": light as a particle, or light as a wave? Obviously, anyone choosing just one answer is a bit dense. Instead, you have to accept the (pretty woo) reality: that a photon is both particle and wave, and also neither. I believe that mind and matter are much the same: the dualism between subject and object gets inverted and turned around, until you can't really tell which is which.
*coughs and passes joint to next guy in circle*
