Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-14 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Suppose, in relation to 'consciousness',

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
OMG! God is real! That, seerdope, read in the stillness of the late morning, is a wondrous and beautiful piece. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thanks Curtis and to all for your responses to these questions. Curtis: "Great thought exercise, how would you answer them

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-13 Thread seerd...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks Curtis and to all for your responses to these questions. Curtis: "Great thought exercise, how would you answer them?" Asking the questions (off the top of my head rapid fire) was a useful exercise -- perhaps as much or more so than trying to answer them. Answers may vary from m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-13 Thread seerd...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks Curtis and all for your responses top these questions. Curtis: "Great thought exercise, how would you answer them?" Probably along the lines you did. However, for me, asking the questions (of the top of my head rapid fire) was a useful exercise -- perhaps as much or more t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Suppose, in relation to 'consciousness', even with enlightenment, this matter could never satisfactorily be resolved? Suppose you could experience the truth, if such be possible, but it could never be understood by the intellect and ultimately

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Suppose, in relation to 'consciousness', even with enlightenment, this matter could never satisfactorily be resolved? Suppose you could experience the truth, if such be possible, but it could never be understood by the intellect and ultimately never be reconciled logically? ---In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I'm working two contradictory theses here! 1) idealism: only mind exists. 2) panpsychism: all matter *has* awareness. They can be reconciled but it's too much like hard work to do so on a FFL post. I answer your queries below . . . Re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread Duveyoung
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Gunna answer these to see if I'm "Advaita sharp" today. Is awareness dependent upon a (human or otherwise) nervous system? No. Awareness is the "water cannot wet it" thingy that isn't a thingy. The qualities of a nervous system that are gro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm working two contradictory theses here! 1) idealism: only mind exists. 2) panpsychism: all matter *has* awareness. They can be reconciled but it's too much like hard work to do so on a FFL post. I answer your queries below . . . Re "What other paradigm other than your own experience

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Is awareness dependent upon a (human or otherwise) nervous system? C: I don't see any counterexamples for this but it might be unknowable. S: Because you take your own human awareness as the paradigm case and look for similar instances. C: I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Is awareness dependent upon a (human or otherwise) nervous system? C: I don't see any counterexamples for this but it might be unknowable. S: Because you take your own human awareness as the paradigm case and look for similar instances. Cats and dogs seem to have similarities in their behav

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-12 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'll pick a few to mumble about. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Is awareness dependent upon a (human or otherwise) nervous system? C: I don't see any counterexamples for this but it might be unknowable. Is awareness the same for all who possess awareness? C: You might