<< Then again I have given up the idea of any true objectivity our existence >> why??? ... From: dunzscotus@... [mailto:dunzscotus@...] Sent: Sunday,...
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Jul 1, 2002 2:20 pm
objectivity implies a state of relative dis-associativeness, which my experience and seemingly science would say is not possible....
Charles , I use a variant of meditation. While riding my bike or Nordic skiing, the rhythm of the physical activity allows me an altered state of mental...
dunzscotus, Your arguement is cyclical. You are using your experience in order to evaluate a perspective which says you do not exist. If you do not exist,...
Bookdoc, I watched "Beautiful Mind" for the first time this weekend. Was too cheap to go to the theatre so did the DVD. Mind you I am not suggesting you...
<<I grant that our ability to discern reality is limited. However, just because it is illusionary does not mean that we do not exist.>> Wait a minute...when...
Dear Not Here, It comes from a discussion on existence started by dunzscotus@.... His email was as follows: << Thanks for the Cohen quote, I am a big fan...
<<Have you seen the film? Do you operate in altered states, IE, meditation, auto hypnosis, relaxation therapy, hypnosis, yoga ? >> Saw the film. Liked it....
Dear Here Not, Heaven forbid that I should become absurd or something. I am only saying that this does not mean that we do not exist. Oh, sorry ... that some...
Dear Nerdfiller, And the meaning of your question?? Surely you are not implying that one might use catsup on onion rings? Barbaric ... eduard ... From:...
Bookdoc, In my earlier years I actively sought hallucination. I never succeeded. I was cubed on acid but had no visual or auditory hallucinations. The whole...
Bill, Your post remainds me somehow of the ideal "Republic"; in which Plato recomends the use of gymnastics and music as the ideal combination for a healthy...
You fear hallucination while I see it as unattainable...Like all else some are more prone to such experience. I think, perhaps you are.>> Not entirely...I...
Charles, Nice. Plato had something over Socrates, Danceaerobics are certainly preferable to hemlock. Endorphins are supposedly much better anesthetics than...
Bookdoc, Im scared, truly. Greg States, best hypnotist in the state could not put me into transe. Harry Aarons who is no3 of all time behind Mesmer and...
Eduard, As philosophers go, you make a great electrical engineer. But you keep plugging away at it and that is all that really matters, eh? Biggie ... ...
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Jul 2, 2002 12:49 am
i exist... it all else that i doubt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
i understand sartre's bad faith as self-deception. a man who employs deception in politics, military affairs, or even business is deliberately manipulative to...
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Jul 2, 2002 5:44 am
I'm ~a bit~ out of context.... Back in the 70's they were *recommending* that professors and medical doctors take LSD.... The dose sizes back then were usually...
James, I found several "Bad Faith" references on the web. The following seems the best: << Sartre regarded this freedom to make choices as a great burden to...
<<i exist... it all else that i doubt>> I don't think you can prove it except by faulty logic. Even that you exist is a grand assumption. Assume not, want...
... <<The religious fanatic seems much like the schizophrenic when his rapture destroys his reality base.>> That's the pot calling the nail a fastener! I guess...
eduard, that engineer u mentioned seems to lack passion. i am inclined to think he is living in bad faith, though the precise nature requires "existential ...
Nick, I was in Mexico and saw old women walking on their bloody knees for miles. They were chanting and praying, oblivious to their pain. The center isle of...
Bookdoc, that is where I really think it rests. If you have made the leap of faith you have thrown yourself into the unknowable world of the metaphysical. For...
Eduard, Irepeat the following abstract to show a further refinement in measurement of the electron. Heisenberd claimed this precision to be impossible because...
