MessageDon, Not so long ago we reached an agreement and I would appreciate if we can keep it. (See below.) It was said that a convert to Catholicism was very...
What I am proposing is that relativity applies to the world of appearances and the world of intellectual concepts and words. When I propose that everything is...
I might be an absolutist in this - but my experience tells me that 99.999....% react with very negative, emotional charges in such discussions or better to say...
... come ... I guess I see it a little different, but not drastically so. For me, the aspect of reality where relativity applies is relational, and because it...
But this is only my relative ideas on the subject. Stephen I would agree, Stephen. That is my point, however. All you or I can do is express our relative...
But the representation need not be self-sufficient, i.e., the thing-in-itself need not comply with relativism, though it is true our cognitive thoughts and our...
... itself ... our ... This has not been my experience, but it is true you may have a different feel of these thoughts than mine. My sublime thoughts seem to...
... do ... We can also interpret inputs and have no words. So ... relations ... this ... There are appearances, and relations among agents, but this does not ...
But this is only my relative ideas on the subject. ... Check out this web site, Stephen. www.enchantedspirit.org/ReadingRoom/9.php It expresses, in another...
One knows by experiment and theory that the vacuum is filled with virtual light, photons too swift for this spacetime, that a mountain is 99.99+% "empty," with...
To claim "all is relative" is to misinterpret the statements and evidence of a portion of humanity who know Truth, Life, Love, God, absolutely. When I think of...
MessageDon and others, I agree with Don that we better close this topic that found itself in a web of who meant what by what has been said. We are all, more or...
Damir, et al: I agree that we all tend to get trapped with our words. I call this phenomenal entrapment. Whenever I present my view with absolutist words (even...
Timeless and eternal is valid; absolute along one aspect is unchanging, e.g. Truth; however, Truth is ever-increasing, as this is also an absolute aspect of...
Confirming what Dr. James Austin gave in his "Zen and the Brain." jim smith sent you the following article from Betterhumans: EUREKA MOMENTS BRAIN-MAPPED ...
"jim", If we talk about Truth - as a single, ever increasing absolute, I would suggest that, we actually speak about Universe or God, Creator... If I extend...
Consider the possibility that truth emergeces from the interplay of the relative (visible to us) and the absolute (not visible to us). That there is a relative...
What is "truth"? To me, truth is a concept that we all seek but never find in any absolute form. Truth is a progressive concept and a changing concept. We all...
The relative is our image in the mirror, the absolute is the thing-in-itself that we discovered in increments following landslides that take us down. Stephen I...
For those who've realized Truth, neither matter-based "logical atomism" nor creedal/philosophic jargon is sufficient...and those who seek truth do well to...
"jim", I would not so easy dismiss our little, relative truths and their importance ("Before we resolve this problem of our habitual thinking in relative terms...
... importance Relativity is required for representation, and therefore, relativity is needed for semiotic interaction. The thing-in-itself is beyond the ...
... Oops! The relative confusion in my statement has led me to qualify, to slip, or to otherwise be carried off with the landslide, dyslexia or no! What I...
Much evidence supports transcendental truth, as has been cited before, and the logic for entertaining all three types of evidence is clear. retired153. One...
Damir, thanks for your answer. What I was trying to convey were the notions that a) all humans seeking truth/knowledge look within, either psychologistically...
Folks, We somehow managed to "resolve" our differences on absolute and our little, relative truths. There is no doubt in my mind that we will occasionally ...
Following are the principles that I use when I evaluate an issue, proposition, or problem: 1. What is the situation at hand? Situational ethics is a reality to...
The world as given/present/fact, Don, is Wittgenstein's "Tractatus" to a "t." In it, he notes that image or picture ("Bild") is a "fact." From groupings of...
MessageDon, I agree that the key is always now - but I am somehow "lost" in described procedural steps. Let me try though to add to "jim"'s attempt. Steps you...
retired153: Thanks for your information and Wittgenstein's outline. It sounds and feels similar to mine. Don Swenson email: swenson@... 271-1664 TENNIS...
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