Philosophy topics
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Overview
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Epistemology (the study of knowledge and beliefs)
- Assumption
- Belief
- Contemplation
- Discovery
- Facts
- Knowledge
- Ideals
- Insight
- Intuition
- Language
- Observation
- Openness
- Perception
- Perception is the spectacles or filter through which we see the world
- Pragmatism
- Opinions
- Questions
- Research
- Systems thinking
- Reflection
- Science
- Science verse religion
- Take an integrative approach to wisdom
- Thinking
- Truth
- We believe what we see and see what we believe
- Wisdom
- Words
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Metaphysics and Ontology (the nature of reality)
- Is the world we experience an illusion?
- Appearances can be deceiving
- Consciousness
- Each of us is a microcosm of the macrocosm
- Dare to look beneath the surface of things for there is truth and treasure there
- Dualism: the theory that mind and body are separate realities
- Free will
- Idealism: the theory that mind is the ultimate reality
- Life is a paradox
- Materialism: the theory that matter is the ultimate reality
- Is information the primary fabric of the universe?
- Quantum fields
- Quantum physics
- Panpsychism: the theory that all matter is conscious
- Paradox
- Reality
- Life is a mystery
- The brain as a receiver and filter of consciousness
- The mind (and brain) as a localised whirlpool in universal consciousness
- The only certainty is our own consciousness
- The universe appears to be holographic
- The universe appears to have been fine-tuned for life
- Science, philosophy and spirituality all point to the illusion of the self
- The mind
- Truth
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Logic
- Logic
- Rationality
- Reason
- Set aside dedicated time to think
- Simplicity
- Skepticism
- Take an integrative approach to wisdom
- Thinking
- Paradox
- Problem solving
- Systems thinking
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Ethics
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Spiritual philosophy
- Cosmic purpose: fact or fiction?
- We need to expand our conception of God beyond “God of the Gaps”
- Life has no meaning but for the meaning we give it
- Spiritual narratives (explaining the needs of existence)
- It is better to focus on virtue than obsess over sin
- Each of us is a microcosm of the macrocosm
- The parallels between mysticism and physics
- Religion verse Science
- Spiritual enquiry into the nature of awareness
- The nature of awareness
- Is there such a thing as a self or soul? Buddhism and Hinduism disagree
- Metaphors for God
- God is the ground of all being
- God is beyond all conception, understanding, definition or description
- God as Universal Mind
- God as the universe or totality
- Life is God experiencing through us
- Life is God’s work of art
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Contemporary topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Dataism: The algorithm as God
- Free will
- Transhumanism: Man becoming God
- Humanism: Man as God
