Re: Belief vs Truth

2013-06-01 Thread John Mikes
Brent, thanks for your clear ideas - not controversial to what I try to explain in my poor wordings. No proof is "valid", or "true". Applicable, maybe. In our 'makebilieve' world-model many facets SEEM true in our terms of explanation, i.e. using conventional science and wisdom. Mathematicians are

Re: Belief vs Truth

2013-06-01 Thread John Mikes
Russell wrote: *"...When it comes to Bp & p capturing the notion of knowledge, I can see it captures the notion of mathematical knowledge, ie true theorems, as opposed to true conjectures, say, which aren't knowledge. But I am vaguely sceptical it captures the notion of scientific knowledge, which

The secret of perception. an add-on

2013-06-01 Thread Roger Clough
Thus, as Paul says, "Now we see dimly, as in a mirror, but then we shall see clearly, face to fdace." >Hi elconscious > >a.) I believe that there is only one (1) active mind (Cosmic) Mind, >but (2) each of us, as monads have no windows tio see out, >however are contually and instantly update

The secret of perception. Particular minds and how they relate to the overall or Cosmic Mind

2013-06-01 Thread Roger Clough
The secret of perception. Particular minds and how they relate to the overall or Cosmic Mind The problem of perception in materialistic thinking is that it forces us to think that there is a homunculo us Leibniz has a more complicated understanding of particular minds and how they relate to Cos

Re: Belief vs Truth

2013-06-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 May 2013, at 19:43, meekerdb wrote: On 5/31/2013 10:35 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 31 May 2013, at 01:19, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2013 3:43 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:04:13PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: You mean unprovable? I get confused because it seems tha

Re: The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness

2013-06-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 May 2013, at 19:20, meekerdb wrote: On 5/31/2013 8:46 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 May 2013, at 21:04, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2013 2:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 29 May 2013, at 20:12, meekerdb wrote: On 5/29/2013 12:38 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I don't see the analogy. I do