NO, not the connections are the emergece. Again: wrong level (i.e. third person). We are looking for first person experiences emerging from a...
Sarkus, Spidergoat already explained the pun.
Yes, my point ... but how does this emerging property work? Emergence is just a word, not an explanation.
I agree there is a link between brain states and conscious experiences. However, the link is not obvious. You just can't disqualify qualia (in the...
LOL - that's a good one, Spidergoat. Sciwriter, I used this example to make this clear: if there is a creator-god, they need not have a...
(hmm.. two identical threads ) Metric, could you elaborate? The nature of qualia and the question of how they relate to the physical world may...
Not quite convincing: the same would hold for the Universe. Furthermore, I can imagine a world where 'complexities' have no preceding parts within...
NietscheHimself banned - that figures
If we discover a parallel universe, in what way is it still a parallel universe and not our own?
I must apologize: I was unaware of the discussion on possible interpretations of 'Heaven' going on in the Comparative Religion-secion right now.
NietzscheHimself, it would help me if you could refrase most of your thoughts. Or at least define what you mean by the key terms in your system. -I...
It is very nice to see that all are realists. I am too, but not because I know the world to exist - it is out of convenience. Here are a few...
Psychologists don't use the word subconsious, or any derived word. (In the words of wikipedia: "The term subconscious is used in many different...
lol Actually, I really wondered why the font is such that the zero is more round than egg-shape (like I am used to). Maybe I should alter my font...
Nobody did. But to my best understanding, most theists would say Paradise (or something similar) if they are referring to a ideal material world....
Thanks CrunchyCat for formulating an intelligible and clear answer. (in contrast) What does that mean? I really can't follow.
Bow the other way 'round! No, you're wrong: B = 'l' + '3' = Love God (see post #1) o = plane, here earth (post #1) w = up-side-down-M = all that...
I like Taoism the best. Maybe I even am a Taoist. Problem is that labels tend to attract unintended connotations. I have a problem with the notion...
rpenner already showed you that your question cannot be answered. The question could become answerable, if you simplify the question to mean that...
A mysticus could argue that God speaks to us directly (and maybe even personally). We would know God if only we could open our ears to him....
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