Leibniz's final causation as the Self, the active agent of change

2013-08-26 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's final causation as the Self, the active agent of change So far, materialistic models of the mind, such as Dennett's, are essentially passive. There is no internal active agent of change, which one might call the Self. The internal active agent of change is desire, which we might

Leibniz's final causation as the Self, the active agent of change

2013-08-26 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's final causation as the Self, the active agent of change So far, materialistic models of the mind, such as Dennett's, are essentially passive. There is no internal active agent of change, which one might call the Self. The internal active agent of change is desire, which we might

Re: Re: Leibniz's two types of existence based on the two types of logic

2013-08-26 Thread Roger Clough
: everything-list,rclough Time: 2013-08-25, 15:58:49 Subject: Re: Leibniz's two types of existence based on the two types of logic Isn't this sort of a neo-Platonism,as expressed by Roger Penrose? -Original Message- From: Roger Clough To: - Roger Clough Sent: Sat, Aug 24, 2013

Leibniz's two types of existence based on the two types of logic

2013-08-24 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's two types of existence based on the two types of logic Brahma is a version of existence, but it doesn't permit actual scientific experiments. According to Leibniz, there is necessary (permanent) or mental existence and contingent or actual existence. But mental existence can only be

The History of the Muslim Brotherhood in 3 minutes

2013-08-20 Thread Roger Clough
To understrand what's going on in Egypt, see The History of the Muslim Brotherhood in 3 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N-5uGF9eYs Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you

The Nazi History of the Muslim Brotherhood

2013-08-20 Thread Roger Clough
The Nazi history of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jk4a3Kk6-Y Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Some seemingly obvious and visually confirmed thoughts on dark energy and matter

2013-08-17 Thread Roger Clough
Some seemingly obvious and visually confirmed thoughts on dark energy and matter 1) Dark matter is potentially energy via E= mc^2. Dark energy is already energy. Regular matter is also potentially energy via E = mc^2 2) So everything is energy or potentially energy. 3) It is known that the

What are monads ? Can they help us to understand the dark energy universe ?

2013-08-16 Thread Roger Clough
What are monads ? Can they help us to understand the dark energy universe ? I don't know about you, but I have trouble seeing how it all works from just particle physics. Monads or substances or concepts are a possible starting point of viewing the universe in the large instead of as

What are monads ?

2013-08-15 Thread Roger Clough
What are monads ? Now we must enter the world of metaphysics in order to understand events more complex or larger than single events. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universals#Problem_of_universals The noun universal contrasts with individual, while the adjective

Americans renouncing citizenship in record numbers, seek to avoid tax

2013-08-12 Thread Roger Clough
Americans renouncing citizenship in record numbers, seek to avoid tax Published August 12, 2013 The Wall Street Journal The U.S.'s crackdown on global tax evaders is leading to a record number of people renouncing their citizenship, and its effects are being felt keenly in Asia -- now the

Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship?

2013-08-12 Thread Roger Clough
Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577410021186373802.html To my knowledge, the Bill of Rights applies to noncitizens in USA as well as citizens. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges

2013-08-12 Thread Roger Clough
Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges Expert Says 2013 on Pace to See Highest Number of U.S. Expatriations Ever http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323977304579002780562003814.html Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

If I hate income taxes should I guive up my american citizenshuip ?

2013-08-12 Thread Roger Clough
If I hate income taxes, should I give up my american citizenshuip ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_6EqMESEVI Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

The Leibniz-Clough-Plato, anti-reductionistic, analytical model of mind suitable for computer emulation

2013-08-10 Thread Roger Clough
Expressionalism. dictionary.reference.com/browse/Reductionism i - Roger Clough Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group

An analytric, Platonic model of mind to replace the mob rule of reductionism

2013-08-10 Thread Roger Clough
A Platonic model of mind can be described analytically: self-mind-brain-body This is analytic since it is hierarchical, being one in which the One self controls the many. is a sort of republican form of Government (see Plato's The Republic), with the more intelligent layers ruling

An analytic, Platonic model of mind to replace the mob rule of reductionism

2013-08-10 Thread Roger Clough
A Platonic model of mind can be described analytically: self-mind-brain-body This is analytic since it is hierarchical, being one in which the One self controls the many. is a sort of republican form of Government (see Plato's The Republic), with the more intelligent layers ruling the

An analytic Platonic theory of mind to replace the mob rule of reductionism

2013-08-10 Thread Roger Clough
A Platonic model of mind can be described analytically: self-mind-brain-body This is analytic since it is hierarchical, being one in which the One self controls the many. It is a sort of republican form of Government (see Plato's The Republic), with the more intelligent layers ruling

antidepressants and suicide

2013-08-05 Thread Roger Clough
. From: Roger Clough To: theoretical_physics ; 4dworldx 4dwor...@yahoogroups.com; theoretical_physics_board Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 4:21 AM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Theoretical_Physics] Re: [4DWorldx] Fw:Re:Re:[Theoretical_Physics_Board] OK, but think about

Fw: antidepressants and suicide

2013-08-05 Thread Roger Clough
are now railing against the widespread overuse of antidepressants.. this has nothing to do with politics. From: Roger Clough To: theoretical_physics ; 4dworldx 4dwor...@yahoogroups.com; theoretical_physics_board Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 4:21

Re: Re: Re: Re: [Theoretical_Physics] Re: [4DWorldx]Fw:Re:Re:[Theoretical_Physics_Board] OK, but think about this

2013-08-05 Thread Roger Clough
be achieved by any other mechanism. Editorial board membership[edit source | editbeta] Healy sits on the Honorary International Editorial Advisory Board of the Mens Sana Monographs[26] From: Roger Clough To: theoretical_physics ; 4dworldx 4dwor...@yahoogroups.com

Whui I keep posting about Leibniz

2013-08-03 Thread Roger Clough
Hi tintner michael and Albert Cororna, I am accused of wasting peoples' time by constantly posting here and elsewhere on the subject of Leibniz. I do that because people are already wasting their time by posting totally impossible views on what mind is or what consciousness is, supposedly the

If life is nonphysical, can it survive a black hole catastrophe ?

2013-08-03 Thread Roger Clough
If life is nonphysical, can it survive a black hole catastrophe ? No, then shouldn't it eventually be cleaned up out of the universe filled with so many black holes ? How about mind, can it remember information through such an experience ? Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my

Why life is impossible to understand in the materialistic model of existence.

2013-08-01 Thread Roger Clough
Why life is impossible to understand in the materialistic model of existence. There are two completely different, but coincident, ways of conceiving existence: 1. Cartesian Materialism. This is the obvious physical or objective view, in which physical objects-- those which we see as extended

The deadly legacy of another lib, Rachel Carson

2013-07-31 Thread Roger Clough
The deadly legacy of another lib, Rachel Carson Because of Rachel Carson, who is thought by some to have made up some if not all of the data in her book Silent Spring, DDT is now illegal in Africa and most other places. Thus Even though welfare organizations are frantically handing out

Whistleblower: Bradley Manning

2013-07-31 Thread Roger Clough
Whistleblower: Bradley Manning Manning could have done himself a favor by not going sdirectly to the press, but sharing the info with his congressman. Whistleblowers seem often to be self-righteous liberals. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

Leibniz's monism, Descartes' dualism, and materialism's monism.

2013-07-29 Thread Roger Clough
My point that there can be no such thing as pure energy is taken from the fact that pure energy would be purely extensive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy In physics, energy is a conserved extensive property of a physical system, [the ability to do work.] But Leibniz rejected Descartes

What God wants us to do

2013-07-29 Thread Roger Clough
What God wants us to do God doesn't necessarily want us to do anything. He wants instead to work through us. - after Vernon McGee Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough Hi Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my

Jacob and Esau

2013-07-27 Thread Roger Clough
Hi God said I love Jacob, but I hate Esau. The liberal asks why God hated Esau. The conservative asks why God loved Jacob. - Vernon McGee. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you

Leibniz's three simple arguments that the mind must contain innate (a priori) ideas

2013-07-21 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's three simple arguments that the mind must contain innate (a priori) ideas http://www.academia.edu/915473/Leibniz_Argument_for_Innate_Ideas THE THREE ARGUMENTS Proposition to be proven: The (human) Mind is not a Tabula Rasa [blank slate] ever. T1.1 : Because it contains

On computational subjectivity: Leibniz's Grand Perceiver as Cloud Computing-- and the One (or God) as WiFi Sharing thereof

2013-07-21 Thread Roger Clough
On computational subjectivity: Leibniz's Grand Perceiver as Cloud Computing-- and the One (or God) as WiFi sharing and governance thereof. This raises new hopes in my mind for the proponents of computationalism. This is just a speculation, but the following quote on the use of Cloud

Leibniz's Self and the Penrose Twistor Demon.

2013-07-18 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's Self and the Penrose Twistor Demon.: the necessity for a wave-collapsing, nonlocal Self in twistor theory Therre is hot vs cold and there is dead, even impossible, information vs living thought, which is being. While Maxwell's Demon can separate hot from cold particles, here we

We are all naturally racists. Political correctness is likely to get you killed.

2013-07-17 Thread Roger Clough
Political correctness is likely to get you killed. We are all naturally racists. Blame it on Darwin. Zenophobia -- fear or dislike of outsiders--is what has allowed us to survive. Unfortunately the liberalized dictionaries I can find online refer to it as abnormal or irrational. Is it

Leibniz on the limitations of mathematical physics

2013-07-17 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz on the limitations of mathematical physics http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz/ I discovered Aristotle as a lad, and even the Scholastics did not repel me; even now I do not regret this. But then Plato too, and Plotinus, gave me some satisfaction, not to mention other ancient

The 2nd Law resurrects Wallace's forgotten goal-directed theory of evolution

2013-07-17 Thread Roger Clough
Alfred Russell Wallace developed a theory of evolution about the same time as Darwin, but his model allowed for Aristotleend causation, meaning goal-directed change. To the Darwinian materialists of the time, this smacked of the hand of God controlling evolution, so Wallace's theory was

Why you should study Leibniz

2013-07-16 Thread Roger Clough
Why you should study Leibniz Leibniz is what you might call a Platonist; he is an anti-materialist. Just as Marx turned Hegel upside down, so Leibniz turns today's cult of materialism on its head. I believe he's in the vanguard of theoretical physics, yet is difficult to understand (a

Where's the liberal press and al Charleton on this one ? Recently killed.

2013-07-15 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Where's the liberal press and al Charleton on this one ? Recently killed. 6-Month-Old Baby Shot And Killed In Chicago Tweet Jonylah Watkins The gun violence in Chicago has reached an all-time low. This morning, 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins died from injuries she suffered following a

Capitalism : the way of creating wealth OUT OF THIN AIR

2013-07-13 Thread Roger Clough
Capitalism : the way of creating wealth OUT OF THIN AIR There are two ways of cheapening money: mechanically, by printing it, and emoltionally, by making it more easily available (less desirable) by lowering the interest rates. There is also a way of enriching money, and that is by NOT doing

the love torture

2013-07-10 Thread Roger Clough
I am amazed these days at the antagonism atheists hold against religion. I suppose it has to be that way, for there is a natural draw of men toward religion. And if their rejection weren't so oversized, they might fall victim to religion-- that is, to learn humility, and be filled, without any

Is that a snake or a stick on the ground ? The evolutionary source of self.

2013-07-10 Thread Roger Clough
Is that a snake or a stick on the ground ? The evolutionary source of self. Perhaps the origin of the self is the amygdala, for through it we can constantly be aware of danger even before we can think. It instantly warns us of danger and thus helps us to survive to reproduce. And perhaps the

Re: Re: the love torture

2013-07-10 Thread Roger Clough
ways. 2013/7/10 Roger Clough I am amazed these days at the antagonism atheists hold against religion. I suppose it has to be that way, for there is a natural draw of men toward religion. And if their rejection weren't so oversized, they might fall victim to religion

Leibniz, quanta and fuzzy logic

2013-07-09 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz, quanta, and fuzzy logic Leibniz believed that there are two types of truth: truths of necessary reason, which are always either true or false, and facts, or truths of contingent logic, which are only sometimes true. The world of QM introduces a new form of being, and hence logic,

Leibniz's quantization of spacetime.

2013-07-09 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's quantization of spacetime. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-physics/ Leibniz, the Idealist 17th century german philosopher, saw the world in suprisingly modern, even premoderm. In the field of electericity, the name of Tesla comes to mind. Leibniz's conceptualHis

Re: Re: computationalism as a form of magic

2013-07-09 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz's marbles moving by gravity with shift registers, voltage gradients, and pulses of electrons, but otherwise they run roughly as Leibniz envisioned in 1679. On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Roger Clough wrote: Dear Prof. Tegmark, I have been trying to think of a way to make

Revisiting Leibniz's Einstein-like, geometrical concept of gravity

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Clough
http://williameamon.com/?p=382 Leibniz asserted that Newton’s theory of gravity requires a constant miracle of bodies acting on one another at a distance through the void of space. Clarke replied that gravity can be non-mechanical, but still a natural phenomenon: “But the means by which two

A quantum theory of spacetime based on Leibniz's physics

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Clough
A quantum theory of spacetime based on Leibniz's physics http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-physics/ Leibniz, the Idealist 17th century german philosopher, saw the world in suprisingly modern terms: a) Spacetime, since it is infinitely divisible, does not qualify as a substance, since

The wrought iron bench

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Clough
The wrought iron bench The night was hot and I could not sleep --- Or perhaps I just had to build the new bench from the kit. The previous one had rusted so, that one day when I sat down, I crashed through to the patio stones below. It was finished. In the morning, after some rain, I went out

Leibniz and nature's harmonic, structured laws of change

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz and nature's harmonic, structured laws of change Darwin's dangerous idea implied that God was not - Roger Clough needed to produce the rich diversity of life forms we find in nature. According to Darwin, this result has been produced, not ab initio by God, but by the successive random

Leibniz and nature's harmonic, structured laws of change

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz and evolution's harmonic, DNA-structured laws of change Darwin's dangerous idea implied that God was not - Roger Clough needed to produce the rich diversity of life forms we find in nature. According to Darwin, this result has been produced, not ab initio by God, but by the successive

Computer science may solve the mystery of autism

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Clough
http://www.psypost.org/2013/02/network-analysis-of-the-brain-may-explain-features-of-autism-16683 Network? analysis of the brain may explain features of autism Boston Children's Hospital | February 27, 2013 | Autistic disorders / 1 comment A look at how the brain processes information finds

A modern theodicy based on noise

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Clough
A modern theodicy based on noise Leibniz developed a theodicy based on his two logics of necessity and contingency, where contingency or lack of order is responsible for the sometimes chaotic nature of life down here. Even so, Leibniz said, since God is good, he made the best world possible from

Study Links Autism With Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy

2013-07-07 Thread Roger Clough
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/study-links-autism-with-antidepressant-use-during-pregnancy/ April 22, 2013, 11:57 am Study Links Autism With Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy By KJ DELL'ANTONIA A cautiously worded study based on data collected in Sweden has found that “in utero

Leibniz is getting a lot of exposure. My site on him has 2399 views for 2013-14 from 32 countries

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Clough
You had 2399 views for 2013-14 from 32 countries Upload Papers View Analytics Your analytics snapshot for 2013-2014 1,156 profile views 1,243 document views Your views this year: Traffic Sources 1,612 academia.edu 52 Yahoo 16 Google 10 nabble.com 8 mail-archive.comTop Keywords 2 roger

Materialism has no means to deal with subjective experience

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Clough
The universe is made up of two kinds of entities: subjective experience and objective objects. Materialism has no means to deal with subjective experience. These are very well-defined categories. The Cs dipoole I spoke of has one kind at each end so, all 'in all, there is only one kind of

In Leibniz there is no such thing as physical causality.

2013-07-06 Thread Roger Clough
In Leibniz there is no such thing as physical causality. Everything is mental. From ideas to quanta to billiard balls. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

On entelechy

2013-07-05 Thread Roger Clough
Aristotle believed that Llife is the ability to move on one's own, hence motion is a product of entelechy or kinetic energy. If substance is Mind, and Mind tends to matter (placing it in motion) then entelechy is Mind in action. The fire in stars, radioactive fission to produce heat. June is

computationalism as a form of magic

2013-07-05 Thread Roger Clough
Dear Prof. Tegmark, I have been trying to think of a way to make computationalism work but I can see no force that numbers might have on the physical world that might empower them. Instead I see computationalism as a form of magic. Serious magic if you will, but still magic, magic in the sense

Materialism and Buddhism

2013-07-02 Thread Roger Clough
Materialism and Buddhism Materialism, since it contains no subjectivity or self, and is atheisti seems to be a form of Buddhism, so that is is possible that it is understandable through Buddhist psychology. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

Materialism and the two levels of being

2013-07-02 Thread Roger Clough
Materialism and the two levels of being Marterialism is the philosophy which assert that there is only one stuff in the universe, and that is matter. This works perfectly well in the physical sciences, but has problems when consciousness is brought into the picture, for consciousness

Monty Python - Philosophers' World Cup

2013-06-29 Thread Roger Clough
Hilarious !- Roger Clough Monty Python - Philosophers' World Cup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vV3QGagck When you get done, there are a bunch of other MPs to view Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received

Creating something out of nothing---using the holographic principle

2013-06-29 Thread Roger Clough
- Receiving the following content - From: Roger Clough Receiver: Time: 2013-06-28, 12:03:09 Subject: ***The holographic principle is a rational justification for idealism** *The Holographic Principle---A rational justification for idealism

Yo, atheists ! Truths of fact (scientific truths) can say nothing decisive about the existence of God.

2013-06-29 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Brak'Lul Yab According to Leibniz there are 1) truths of reason and 2) truths of fact. 1) Necessary truth (truths of reason), which if a contraction can be realized, would have to be: 2) Contingent truth (truths of fact) which may be contradicted in some situations. God is a necessary

*******The holographic principle is a rational justification for idealism******

2013-06-28 Thread Roger Clough
of a 3d physical violume would then be successively 3d to 0d mental point - Have received the following content - Sender: Roger Clough Receiver: 4dworldx Time: 2013-06-28, 11:04:56 Subject: Smolin, the Holographic Principle and Modern Physics It appears that Smolin

leibniz math question to allexperts.com

2013-06-28 Thread Roger Clough
Hi allexperts.com - Not sure, maybe I am sending this to the wrong expert. I have been studying Leibniz for about 3 years (retired, at home) and would like to find practical applications to his metaphysics. His metaphysics ends at a top level, with God as the all-seer and all-doer, and below

leibniz f�r Kinder

2013-06-26 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Rod Young 2013-6-26,5:18:27 1) I haven't had much sleep lately, so I hope this doesn't sound too crackpot. 2) How about this book -- Leibniz for Children ? (it would be in english) 3) It would be fun and educational to boil down leibniz's ideas about the universe, illustrate the text

Looking for energy in all the wrong places. Plato's One vs. zero point energy as the ultimate source of energy.

2013-06-25 Thread Roger Clough
Looking for energy in all the wrong places. Plato's One vs. zero point energy as the ultimate source of energy. If we compare the metaphysics of Aristostle and Plato, we see that Aristotle's fundamental level is the bottom level of Being, that of matter. Plato's metraphysics, on the

Looking for energy in all the wrong places.

2013-06-25 Thread Roger Clough
Looking for energy in all the wrong places. Plato's One vs. zero point energy as the ultimate source of energy. If we compare the metaphysics of Aristostle and Plato, we see that Aristotle's fundamental level is the bottom level of Being, that of matter. Plato's metraphysics, on the

Leibniz on the principle of continuity

2013-06-25 Thread Roger Clough
/RogerClough- Roger Clough DreamMail - Your mistake not to try it once, but my mistake for your leaving off. use again www.dreammail.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List

Free energy isn't in the zero-point field. for there's nothing there. Scientests instead should be trying to access Plato's One (the Plenum)

2013-06-24 Thread Roger Clough
Free energy isn't in the zero-point field. for there's nothing there. Scientests instead should be trying to access Plato's One (the Plenum) which is accessible through Leibniz's Supreme Monad Zero point energy I think is a mirage caused by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Everyone is

What's the difference between a materialist mind and a zombie ?

2013-06-24 Thread Roger Clough
What's the difference between a materialist mind and a zombie ? Nothing. The materialist mind is that of a Zombie, since there is no self, person, or subject in it. You need a subject in order to determine direction, for example. You also need a subject to will, that is to say, perform an

How to tell whether you are a zombie or have a materialist mind

2013-06-24 Thread Roger Clough
How to tell whether you are a zombie or have a materialist mind If you can have subjective experiences, then you can neither be a zombie nor have a materialist mind. Most of us should be relieved to know that. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at

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

2013-06-24 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

Why do you folks keep having conferences about consciousness ? Because you have erased the subject, And Cs. = subject + object

2013-06-22 Thread Roger Clough
Hi JACK SARFATTI Consciousness = subject + object = subjective world + objective world Nice physics, very erudite, but If there's no subject, then there's no consciousness. But if you include a subject, the consciousness problem is trivial. You don't to keep having conferences about the

Plrease read me !!!

2013-06-22 Thread Roger Clough
For some time, I have been trying to contact you to inform you that consciousness = subject + object but you people keep trying to solve the problem consciousness = object. which is useful to some extent, but is not consciousness. That's materialism and it's the wrong problem. Only by

Please read me !!!

2013-06-22 Thread Roger Clough
For some time, I have been trying to contact you to inform you that consciousness = subject + object but you people keep trying to solve the problem consciousness = object. which is useful to some extent, but is not consciousness. That's materialism and it's the wrong problem. Only by using

Please read me !!!!

2013-06-22 Thread Roger Clough
For some time, I have been trying to contact you to inform you that consciousness = subject + object but you people keep trying to solve the problem consciousness = object. which is useful to some extent, but is not consciousness. That's materialism and it's the wrong problem. Only by using

Materialists believe apparently strange things, such as that mind is matter.

2013-06-21 Thread Roger Clough
Materialists believe apparently strange things, such as that mind is matter. What if mind is matter ? If mind is matter, if thought is particular, can you explain then how such particles think ? Do they mull around until they vote one to be the leader, who organzies the rest of the unruly mob

Why I follow Leibniz and not yesterday's physical science

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough - Receiving the following content - From: David Bonnell Receiver: Roger Clough Time: 2013-06-19, 23:46:04 Subject: Re: Response to Dave---Re: Re: A speculation on life after death andghosts in Leibniz'smetaphysics. The whole Leibniz/monad

The complementary similarities between Leibniz's metaphysics and the book of the Dao

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
A self-generating pre-established harmony. Tracing Leibniz's PEH back to the Space Vacuum, ie, back to the he (harmony) of the Dao, hence the dualism of the world. Leibniz's pre-established harmony can be traced back to the Space Vacuum, which is equivalent to the he (harmony) of the Dao, and

Not to worry about global warming. We're long overdue for an ice age (starting iimmediately):

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Not to worry about global warming. We're long overdue for an ice age (starting iimmediately): http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/PageMill_Images/image277.gif - Roger Clough Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough

What if mind is matter ?

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
What if mind is matter ? If mind is matter, if thought is particular, can you explain then how such particles think ? Do they mull around until they vote one to be the leader, who organzies the rest of the unruly mob ? And what orders does he give them ? Etc. -- You received this message

Das Auge sieht weit, der Verstand noch weiter.

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
A message for mind-materialists Das Auge sieht weit, der Verstand noch weiter. Translation: Brains are farther than the eye. English equivalent: The eye looks but it is the mind that sees. Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 1175. ISBN

Fw: [4DWorldx] Das Auge sieht weit, der Verstand noch weiter.

2013-06-20 Thread Roger Clough
There is another, still better translation of Das Auge sieht weit, der Verstand noch weiter. It might be also translated as The eye sees far, but the mind that sees further (sic). A message for mind-materialists Das Auge sieht weit, der Verstand noch weiter. Translation: Brains are

Leibniz: a scarely examined new pathway for cosmology which is uncannily similar, time-wise, to Smolin's

2013-06-19 Thread Roger Clough
Leibniz: a scarely examined new pathway for cosmology which is uncannily similar, time-wise, to Smolin's If you find this interesting, you might want to see my Leibniz site: Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/18/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough

Re: [4DWorldx] Fwd: [foar] mathematics and nature, physical law, etc

2013-06-19 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Richard Ruquist What else could they model ? Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/19/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough - Receiving the following content - From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: Swines,zoo_no_facts,4dworldx,everything-list Time: 2013

The views of Lee Smolin as opposed to those of the Platonist, Leibniz

2013-06-18 Thread Roger Clough
constants happen to fall within the narrow range thought to be compatible with life.[1] [I hvae no problem personally with the AP, not sure as of the moment about L's view. RBC] Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/18/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough

In spacetime (matter) and beyond spacetime (energy)

2013-06-17 Thread Roger Clough
to mind as being beyond spacetime, perhaps there is a connection between mind and energy. - Roger Clough Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/17/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List

This note is addressed to all materialists, especially Prof. Dennett. Getting from me to I'

2013-06-16 Thread Roger Clough
This note is addressed to all materialists, especially Prof. Dennett. Getting from me to I' Self-reference could be a subject/predicate relation. But that doesn't say enough because there are two possible perspectives: 1) He is a man. Here you are referencing yourself in the 3rd person or

What is subjectivity ? What is the subjective pole like?

2013-06-16 Thread Roger Clough
the other. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/16/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

Redemption

2013-06-15 Thread Roger Clough
are gone from the shadows. - Roger Clough 2011. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/15/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Why aren't we blinded by thoughts ? Olber's Paradox and the limited outreach of neurons

2013-06-15 Thread Roger Clough
Why aren't we blinded by a myriad of thoughts ? Olber's Paradox and the limited outreach of neurons by Roger Clough Adapting to Leibniz's philosophy of mind, each of the neurons in the brain is a monad and all of tbhe monads in the universe are perceived (Leibniz uses the word reflected

The missing perceiver in materialism and artificial intelligence and how to implement it

2013-06-15 Thread Roger Clough
monads,not perfectly clear but distorted.Thus, as Paul says, �For now we see dimly, as in a mirror, but the n we shallsee cleasrly, face to face.Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/16/2013 Also see my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough

In Defense of Penrose. That everybody --including materialists, empiricists and rationalists--is a Platonist

2013-06-14 Thread Roger Clough
Penrose's recent excursion into Platonism should be taken more seriously, for ultimately his criticizers, the empiricists and the rationalists, are both Platonists. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/14/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message

What is intuition ? Intuition is what we call Intelligence.

2013-06-14 Thread Roger Clough
What is intuition ? Intuition is what we call Intelligence. Only living creatures have any measure of it. You can't program it. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/14/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Six Pieces of a Dream

2013-06-13 Thread Roger Clough
mud. Over all, the unbearable sadness, the thirst, the heat of the sun, the cries for help. Far out at sea, the shadow of a gull passes over the sailboat. The wind is in the sails, the waves curl from the rudder. - Roger Clough Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/13/2013 See my Leibniz site

How to protect your computer from spying by the IRS and Eric H. Holder, Jr.

2013-06-12 Thread Roger Clough
on it. 3.) Download and install the freeware Firefox add-on from http://www.privacychoice.org/trackerblock/update This so far from a cursory search has not blocked me anywhere. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/12/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received

Dancing in the flames

2013-06-12 Thread Roger Clough
Christopher Hichens made his name Attacking our dear Savior. By now he's dancing in the flames With Logic, that cute Devil's whore. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/12/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Leibniz's metaphysics is a model of the emerging global brain

2013-06-12 Thread Roger Clough
perceiver (God or the One). Perhapos the materialists can devise an equivalent explanation of a global mind, but, at least at this moment, I am unable to do so. Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/12/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message

Leibniz's later position on monads : as not infinitely nested but as having a bottom, a final resting place

2013-06-11 Thread Roger Clough
. The above is part of a review. The complete text of the book is given at http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/13/9780199693092.pdf Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/11/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough

Leibniz's later position on bugs within bugs (infinite monadic nesting)

2013-06-11 Thread Roger Clough
grounding for that world, a domain of genuine metaphysical unities that don? themselves contain any further unities. The above is part of a review. The complete text of the book is given at http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/13/9780199693092.pdf Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/11/2013 See

ROADMARKERS ON THE ROAD NOT TAKEN (LEIBNIZ VS MATERIALISM)

2013-06-11 Thread Roger Clough
. - Roger Clough Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 6/11/2013 See my Leibniz site at http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough DreamMail - Your mistake not to try it once, but my mistake for your leaving off. use again www.dreammail.org

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