"Nothing is perfect, everything is approximated" #philosohy #math
#philosohy
Starting to read philosophy again with Hegel might have been a little bit too ambitious on my part. Interesting dude in an interesting time, but hard to read
Matts then continues with a quote from Dov Baer:
If the material world were constantly attached to the Creator without any forgetting, the creatures' existence would be nullified, [since] they would be attached to the root, to ayin. Thus they would do nothing, considering themselves to be ayin. So there had to be a breaking [of the vessels], which brought about forgetting the root. Everyone could then lift his hand and act. Afterwards, through Torah and prayer, they attach themselves to the root, to ayin... and thereby raise the sparks of the material world,... bringing pleasure to God.
Especially this last quote addresses two major issues that both sound like the same question, "why are we here?"
'Why are we here?' as in, if God is One, how can "we" perceive ourselves as separate. and
'Why are we here?' as in why would the infinite manifest itself in a physical world, why even do a creation?
#jewish #monism #pantheism #panentheism
#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy
Occasionally I'll mention jewish monism, pantheism, or panentheism... and reading Essential Papers on Kabbalah with my rabbi has thoroughly confirmed that all my reads on this are pretty on target.
there's a ton of examples, but one that rung clear for me was in this chapter on Ayin/Nothingness by Daniel C. Matts:
Underneath it all, God is the only "thing", the only existent. "Apart from Him, all are considered nothing and chaos." The world, though, is allowed to enjoy the illusion of separate existence, so that it not lie utterly passive in the pool of ayin.
#jewish #monism #pantheism #panentheism
#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy
The definition of knowledge as "justified true belief" reveals that we are seriously lacking terminology.
What are the terms for:
* unjustified true belief?
* justified false belief?
* unjustified false belief?
Rules are artificial so unnatural, patterns are within nature and us so they are natural.
#thougts #philosohy #science #discusion #nature #spirit #rebellion #think #pattern #universe #universality
Is the English word «mind» untranslatable into #norwegian? We have “sinn», but it does not feel right. Need a good translation from English into Norwegian that keeps the original philosophical and scientific distinctions between «mind», “brain”, “cognition” and “consciousness” intact. Sorry for bringing my caveman language into academia. #philosohy #language #norsktut #allheimen
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Große Denker in 60 Minuten — Marx in 60 Minuten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thoI8naBo4E
#WaltherZiegler, #KarlMarx, #philosohy, #kapitalismus, #marxismus, #vortrag,
Current boom of AI chatbots is moving us closer to so-called philosophical zombie apocalypse. #chatgpt #ai #philosohy #apocalypse
"What matters is not how large is the radius of your activities but how well you fill its circle." Victor Frankl #existentialism #philosohy #psychotherapy
It has been a while since I spent a year of my life with Husserl‘s “Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology: An Introduction (The Crisis). Husserl, the leader of modern Phenomenology, had a
mission to defend the very relevance of philosophy itself in an era defined both by astonishing scientific and technological progress and by political barbarism.
In these days of technological wonders, barbarism is again acceptable for politicians. I have thought to return to the Crisis and not a few notes for the Metaverse.
I was interviewed by @cbcideas about my current research on the Huarochirí Manuscript and Andean Metaphysics. It was a great opportunity to discuss a piece of philosophical relevance that doesn't get enough attention from philosophers. There is a transcript of parts of the interview and a full almost one hour long conversation in the link. Comments are appreciated. #Indigenous #philosohy #Andean
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/huarochir%C3%AD-manuscript-quechua-worldviews-1.6738584
Having studied #PhilosophyOfLanguage for a bit, The Idea Theory of Meaning a la #Locke still seems most plausible to me, counter arguments being quite weak imho. Theories such as Two Dimensionalism and Possible Worlds Semantics are exceptionally overwrought #philosohy #linguistics #meaning #semantics
"Es gibt keine „anerkannten“ oder auch namhaften Philosoph:innen. Die Bedeutung einer Philosophie erweist sich am Argument, nicht aus der Popularität ihrer Vertreter:innen."
Daniel-Pascal Zorn ( @dpz ) auf Twitter am 29.11.22
#Philosophie #philosohy
@philosophie
@philosophy
https://twitter.com/Fionnindy/status/1597655895403810817?t=I8QIWloIM5_rQkIqADvhfg&s=19
if you should
and you can
you shall
(put your stake in the ground and fucking live it)
#philosohy
This photo of a Thoreau quote taken at Walden Pond popped into my memories feeed today.
How do we live deliberately in these times? #reflection #thoreau #waldenpond #philosohy #mindfulness
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