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Questions

Culled from first eight session - until 2009-11-20.

The Physical World
  • What do we mean by "the physical world"? (Jovanotti Bardenboar)
  • Do we mean the world of our perception populated by things like trees, chairs, birds and philosophers? (Jovanotti Bardenboar)
  • Or do we mean the world of physics, populated by atoms, molecules, energies and the like? (Jovanotti Bardenboar)
  • What is the relationship between these two worlds? And, even more important, are there really two worlds in the first place? (Jovanotti Bardenboar)

Consciousness
  • What do we mean by consciousness? Do we mean one of the objects that populate the world? Which world?  (Jovanotti Bardenboar)
  • What kind of "reality" is the reality of consciousness? And what kind of "reality" is the reality of the physical world? (Carlos Cornelius)

Perception
  • What is an "apprehension" in the context?  (Rachel Esharham)
    • So, it's the sense data or has already some interpretation of that sense data in it? (Rachel Esharham)
    • What assumptions are we making with "sense data"? (Rachel Esharham)
  • "Neurons produce experience" is not a helpful thing to say? (Rachel Esharham)
  • How does this relate to the natural assumption that there are "objects" of perception? (Carlos Cornelius)

Practicing Phenomenology
  • How do I put the belief in the natural world on hold?  (Rachel Esharham)
  • Is consciousness absolute because it goes to the very bottom of what is a physical chair? I.e., it goes beyond the physical appearance?  (Rachel Esharham)
  • "Absolute" is then without context, or beyond context? Since a context makes it relative? (Rachel Esharham)
  • How do you 'refrain' from believing? Can you switch belief on and off? (Zen Arado)
  • How do we practice the epoche? (Rachel Esharham)

Science vs. Phenomenology
  • How are science and phenomenology similar and how are they different? (Rachel Esharham)