Michele Pasin / Quotes

Dissolving the divide between subjective and objective

But the divide between subjective and objective could also turn out to be an illusion of our own creation. This division goes to the core of our scientific worldview. If some form of physicalism is true, then the division between the inner subjective worlds will have to dissolve, and our inner worlds too will be understood as physical phenomena. LSD seems to bring us closer to this dissolution, I believe. Or the physical world will be understood as conscious, a view called panpsychism.

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#materialism #consciousness #psychedelics #objectivity

Life review and dissociation from the self

Somehow the acid had catalyzed a process that continued without further chemical action. Gradually this ongoing life-review began to bring about an increasing…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #self #psychedelics #objectivity #personal-identity

We imagine the truth

Again, and even more derisively, the materialist stance would be that this is pure imagination. And again I wouldn’t contest this, so much as to reply that…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #imagination #reality #materialism #psychedelics

Materialism leaves something out

In this chapter I will present the most common arguments against materialism, concentrating on functionalism, because it is currently the most influential…

Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) #materialism #functionalism #consciousness #intentionality

What is it like to be a bat

One of the earliest well-known arguments against functionalist types of materialism was advanced in an article by Thomas Nagel called, “What It Is Like to Be…

Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) #consciousness #subjective-experience #animals #materialism

Mind at Large and the reducing valve

Earlier in his essay he had referred to possibilities broached by the English philosopher C. D. Broad. The function of the brain and nervous system and sense…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #psychedelics #consciousness #brain #survival #perception

Computation is in the eye of the beholder

When I add two plus two to get four, that computation is not observer relative. I am doing that regardless of what anybody thinks. But when I punch: ”2+2 =”…

Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) #computation #objectivity #brain #computer