"Conceit is epilepsy and eyesight is a lying sense."
— #Heraclitus (dubious) fragment 46
"All humans by nature desire to know. An indication of this is our liking for the perceptual capacities. For even apart from their utility, these are liked because of themselves — and most of all the one because of the eyes."
— #Aristotle, (dubious) #Metaphysics, 980a21
The wheel of life turns, consciousness makes abrupt shifts between, on one hand, a clear and distinct image of reality, and on the other hand, a vague and hallucinatory projection of the realm of imagination. Is it then possible to observe your own consciousness? Does it cease to be conscious of the link to the otherworldly if it is not dusted off?
This week I am shifting focus to one of my favorite side interests: #Buddhist#philosophy. Last night I spoke to a mixed audience at a philosophy cafe and I will soon begin an MA tutorial on this topic as well. Please recommend your favorite, accessible, recent, English scholarship on #anatman and dependent co-origination.
I find myself not understanding the concept of atheism. Who wants to explain it to me in a coherent way for a beginner? With a metaphysical substantiation please, if that is at all possible.
for all those considering to deal with persistence in time, and hence regularly at pains with an 'enduring substance' concept as inherited from the questionable Aristotle-Porphyry (Isagoge) tradition,
John Dupré's 2022 paper [oa at RG], taking some biological species as #IndividualProcess
imop is an excellent & rather short read
as well in that it treats the topic in the context of scientific discussion and practice in biology, and does so not only for an epistemological but as well for a scientific end.
the broader perspective may be found in editors #intro of OUP [oa] book