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- Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:15 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: Mind as the basis of reality
- Replies: 59
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Re: Mind as the basis of reality
I meant physicalism, Bertrand Russel himself believed in neutral monism. I will try using the stanford encyclopedia. Here is an article of neutral monism. They don't have a section on dual-aspect theory but there is a section that tries to distinguish the two. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neutr...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:09 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: Mind as the basis of reality
- Replies: 59
- Views: 56148
Re: Mind as the basis of reality
I believe that is actually Vedanta Hinduism, but I know both Vedanta and Buddhism use similar terms and ideas so you are probably right. Again, there is also dual-aspect monism which does allow for interaction while maintaining a distinction between the two. I'd really hate to keep coming back to Sp...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:31 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: Mind as the basis of reality
- Replies: 59
- Views: 56148
Re: Mind as the basis of reality
I guess another good example would actually be Baruch Spinoza. Considering the fact that he identified God with nature this can make it hard to distinguish between natural and supernatural. However, according to one of my professors Spinoza was most likely a panentheist. (I myself am not entirely su...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:26 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: Mind as the basis of reality
- Replies: 59
- Views: 56148
Re: Mind as the basis of reality
Sorry, I just joined and am barely into college so probably this is a case of my own ignorance. However, I don't really see what distinguishes physicalism from neutral monism. I'm personally a dual-aspect monist, but that's just more of a default choice on my part.
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:23 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: Mind as the basis of reality
- Replies: 59
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Re: Mind as the basis of reality
That's actually a good point. Moreover there are other forms of monism like neutral and dual-aspect monism. I agree that the distinction between supernatural and natural does seem to be a little vague. Of course if the term has lost all meaning, then what does it mean to be natural or even physical ...