Posted in Z, tagged abstract, Achilles, concepts, empiricism, Heap of Sand Paradox, language, logic, math, nonsense, paradox, Philosophy, science, semiotics, signified, signifier, Stoicism, symbols, zeno on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Paradox Cafe
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Zeno (c. 495 BCE) Zeno was a Stoic philosopher best known for his four ‘paradoxes.’
The two most popular paradoxes are:
1) Zeno asks how many grains of millet must fall before a sound is heard. One fallen grain makes no sound on impact, therefore it accounts for ‘nothing.’ A second grain (a [...]
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Alchemy (2)
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Alchemy In everyday usage the word alchemy describes a psychological interplay among people.
Its etymology points to the actual practice of alchemy–derived via Arabic from the Greek chemeia.
Historically, alchemy involved the heating and mixing of chemicals and mineral substances with a view toward artificially transforming base metals into gold.
The ancient Greeks in [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Adler, alien, Aliens, belief, channeling, childhood, Clairvoyance, delusions, demons, ESP, et, evil, fantasies, freud, genetics, jung, madness, medium, mental illness, mysteries, neurosis, nutrition, paranormal, parapsychology, Philosophy, possession, precognition, prophecy, psi, psychiatry, psychic, psychology, science, sociology, space, star trek, strange, stress, synchronicity, trance, trauma, ufo, unexplained, urban legend on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Alien Trio 2
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Alien Possession Theory (APT)
A corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit (Luke 6:43)
APT considers the possibility, commonly found within science fiction, that hostile extraterrestrials (ETs) from another world or realm may have a negative effect on psychologically vulnerable human individuals through the use of psi.
This alien invasion motif does not [...]
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Posted in A, tagged aquinas, Aristotle, belief, catholic, Christian, God, Italy, jesus christ, medieval, Philosophy, reason, religion, scholastics, schoolmen, St. Thomas Aquinas, theology on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Aquinas, St. Thomas (1225-74) Italian theologian born in his family’s castle near Aquino.
While in a Dominican monastery his family members were unwilling to accept his decision and abducted him, taking him prisoner for two years.
He fled to Germany where he taught in 1248 after studying under Albertus Magnus.
His theological work borrows heavily from Aristotle, recasting [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Archetypal Image, archetype, art, collective unconscious, image, jung, literature, mind, music, numinous, Philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, symbols, unconscious on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Archetypal Image According to Carl Jung, the archetypal image is a representation of an underlying archetype.
The archetypal images symbolize and mediate to everyday consciousness the psychological power of the collective unconscious.
Through various modes of expression (e.g. works of art and architecture) mankind translates these hidden archetypal forces into the realm of human culture.
Some contemporary [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Archetypal Image, archetype, art, collective unconscious, image, jung, literature, mind, music, numinous, Philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, symbols, unconscious on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Archetype A term used by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to indicate the psychological contents of a proposed collective unconscious.
For Jung the archetypes are inherited patterns encoded in the brain, universally shared by mankind.
Not unlike the gods and goddesses of ancient times, archetypes apparently have a psychic life of their own.
In fact, Jung often likens [...]
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Posted in A, tagged alexander the great, analytics, Aristotle, Athens, Greece, logic, macedonia, Philosophy, plato on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) Greek philosopher, scientist and physician from Stagira, Macedonia whose collected works analyze just about everything under and above the sun.
He taught for 20 years at Plato’s Academy in Athens, leaving after Plato died in 347 BCE.
In 342 BCE he became tutor for Philip of Macedon’s son Alexander, who was later to become [...]
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Electric Neuron
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) One of the more interesting issues in contemporary philosophy and science fiction is that of machines possessing consciousness.
When we consider that human consciousness is in large part affected by our bodies and especially the biochemical charges running through of the [...]
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Posted in A, tagged agnosticism, Atheism, belief, faith, God, Hume, life, opinion, Philosophy, psi, religion, remote viewing, shelley, soul, spirit on March 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Atheism The belief - and that’s what it is - that God does not exist.
If one were to say that they are “of the opinion” that God does not exist, then they more correctly would be called an agnostic.
Famous atheists include the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and, some say, the philosopher David Hume.
While Hume [...]
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Posted in A, tagged augustine, christianity, Cicero, cosmology, devil, discourse, ethics, God, insight, intuition, jesus christ, just war, memory, morality, Philosophy, plato, precognition, psychology, religion, saints, Satan, sin, theology, time on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Augustine of Hippo, St. (354-430) St. Augustine is one of the most influential figures in Christian history and one of the four Latin Doctors of the Catholic Church. Another theological luminary, St. Thomas Aquinas, often refers to Augustine.
In his Confessions Augustine says that prior to his conversion he was a libertine, flatterer, hedonist and dabbler in [...]
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