Re: Kant's disproof of materialism and empiricism

2013-09-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Sep 2013, at 23:03, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, A simple question. Lucid dreams are such that you are awake in your dream. ? I can ascribe meaning to this as some metaphor, but of course, when we dream in the nocturnal sleep we are asleep, and thus, with the usual definition,

Re: Kant's disproof of materialism and empiricism

2013-09-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Roger, and people, On 05 Sep 2013, at 00:32, Roger Clough wrote: Kant's disproof of materialism and empiricism Materialists argue that in essence we are no more than our bodies. Empiricists such as Hume ruled out the possible influence of anything transcendental in our perception of

Re: Kant's disproof of materialism and empiricism

2013-09-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, A simple question. Lucid dreams are such that you are awake in your dream. So my question is whether a lucid qualifies as 1. being awake or 2. in a dream, or a third state. I suggest that the third state may be in the realm of the afterlife, along with all dreams, except that you may be