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A Complete Theory of Everything (will be subjective)
Increasingly encompassing models have been suggested for our world. Theories
range from generally accepted to increasingly speculative to apparently bogus.
The progression of theories from ego- to geo- to helio-centric models to
universe and multiverse theories and beyond was accompanied by a dramatic
increase in the sizes of the postulated worlds, with humans being expelled from
their center to ever more remote and random locations. Rather than leading to a
true theory of everything, this trend faces a turning point after which the
predictive power of such theories decreases (actually to zero). Incorporating
the location and other capacities of the observer into such theories avoids
this problem and allows to distinguish meaningful from predictively meaningless
theories. This also leads to a truly complete theory of everything consisting
of a (conventional objective) theory of everything plus a (novel subjective)
observer process. The observer localization is neither based on the
controversial anthropic principle, nor has it anything to do with the
quantum-mechanical observation process. The suggested principle is extended to
more practical (partial, approximate, probabilistic, parametric) world models
(rather than theories of everything). Finally, I provide a justification of
Ockham's razor, and criticize the anthropic principle, the doomsday argument,
the no free lunch theorem, and the falsifiability dogma.Comment: 26 LaTeX page
Formulating Consciousness: A Comparative Analysis of Searleâs and Dennettâs Theory of Consciousness
This research will argue about which theory of mind between
Searleâs and Dennettâs can better explain human consciousness. Initially,
distinctions between dualism and materialism will be discussed ranging from
substance dualism, property dualism, physicalism, and functionalism. In this
part, the main issue that is tackled in various theories of mind is revealed. It
is the missing connection between input stimulus (neuronal reactions) and
behavioral disposition: consciousness. Then, the discussion will be more
specific on Searleâs biological naturalism and Dennettâs multiple drafts
model as the two attempted to answer the issue. The differences between
them will be highlighted and will be analyzed according to their relation to
their roots: dualism and materialism. The two theories will be examined on
how each answer the questions on consciousness
From the end of Unitary Science Projection to the Causally Complete Complexity Science: Extended Mathematics, Solved Problems, New Organisation and Superior Purposes
The deep crisis in modern fundamental science development is ever more evident and openly recognised now even by mainstream, official science professionals and leaders. By no coincidence, it occurs in parallel to the world civilisation crisis and related global change processes, where the true power of unreduced scientific knowledge is just badly missing as the indispensable and unique tool for the emerging greater problem solution and further progress at a superior level of complex world dynamics. Here we reveal the mathematically exact reason for the crisis in conventional science, containing also the natural and unified problem solution in the form of well-specified extension of usual, artificially restricted paradigm. We show how that extended, now causally complete science content provides various "unsolvable" problem solutions and opens new development possibilities for both science and society, where the former plays the role of the main, direct driver for the latter. We outline the related qualitative changes in science organisation, practice and purposes, giving rise to the sustainability transition in the entire civilisation dynamics towards the well-specified superior level of its unreduced, now well understood and universally defined complexity
Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in Modern Science and VedÄntic Philosophy: Particulate Concept to Quantum Mechanics in Modern Science and ĆĆ«nyavÄda to Acintya-BhedÄbheda-Tattva in VedÄnta
How the universe came to be what it is now is a key philosophical question. The hypothesis that it came from nothing or ĆĆ«nya (as proposed by Stephen Hawking, among others) proves to be dissembling, since the quantum vacuum can hardly be considered a void (ĆĆ«nya). In modern science, it is generally assumed that matter existed before the universe came to be. Modern science hypothesizes that the manifestation of life on earth is nothing but a mere increment in the complexity of matter â and hence is an outcome of evolution of matter (chemical evolution) following the Big Bang. After the manifestation of life, modern science believed that chemical evolution transformed itself into biological evolution, which then had caused the entire biodiversity on our planet. In the framework of materialism, the major attention is to find general organizational laws stimulated by physical sciences, ignoring the uniqueness of life. The main goal of materialism is to reduce consciousness to natural processes, which in turn can be translated into the language of math, physics, and chemistry. Following this approach, scientists have made several attempts to deny the living organism of its veracity as an immortal soul, in favor of genes, molecules, atoms, and so on. However, advancement in various fields of biology has repeatedly given rise to questions against such a denial and has supplied more and more evidence against the completely misleading ideological imposition that living entities are particular states of matter. In the recent past, however, the realization has arisen that cognitive nature of life at all levels has begun presenting significant challenges to the views of materialism in biology and has created a more receptive environment for the soul hypothesis (Shanta BN. Commun Integr Biol 8(5):e1085138, 2015). Therefore, instead of adjudicating different aprioristic claims, the development of an authentic theory of origin of life and universe needs both proper scientific knowledge and the appropriate tools of philosophical analysis of life. This talk will highlight the uniqueness of biological systems that offers a considerable challenge to the mainstream materialism and proposes the VedÄntic philosophical view as a viable alternative for development of a theory worthy of origin of life and universe
Ripping the Curtain
A conversation with Peter Rollins, questions from the editors of Stance. Peter Rollins is a writer, philosopher, storyteller and public
speaker who has gained an international reputation for overturning
traditional notions of religion and forming âchurchesâ that preach
the Good News that we canât be satisfied, that life is difficult, and
that we donât know the secret.
Challenging the idea that faith concerns questions relating to
belief, Peterâs incendiary and irreligious reading of Christianity
attacks the distinction between the sacred and the secular. It blurs
the lines between theism and atheism and it sets aside questions
regarding life after death to explore the possibility of life before death
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