Philosophical Musings... | Christopher Cook https://www.christopher-cook.com Official website of award winning author Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:24:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 “On What We Know and Do Not” https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-what-we-know-and-do-not/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-what-we-know-and-do-not/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:20:18 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1665   (Czech Republic—December 25, 2011) You ask what I think about God.  What do I know? You tell me what you think about God.  What do you know? We talk about God as if discussing the weather.  And what do … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-truth-about-lying/feed/ 4 “Truth About Truth” https://www.christopher-cook.com/truth-about-truth/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/truth-about-truth/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:08:36 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1633   (Paris—1995) 1.  The only truth that can be precisely expressed is scientific truth,          of which mathematics, i.e. logic, is the ideal form. 2.  But scientific truth is not the only truth that exists. 3.  There is truth that … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/truth-about-truth/feed/ 0 “On Consciousness & Time” https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-consciousness-time/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-consciousness-time/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:43:45 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1474   (Prague, Czech Republic—December 18, 2006) “Consciousness” is not a thing (anymore than “mind” is a thing or “soul” is a thing). Instead, what we call “consciousness” is the awareness of a streaming field of impressions, of the passage of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-consciousness-time/feed/ 0 “An Argument for Abolishing the Term ‘Consciousness’” https://www.christopher-cook.com/an-argument-for-abolishing-the-term-consciousness/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/an-argument-for-abolishing-the-term-consciousness/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:25:18 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1466   (Prague, Czech Republic—March 2003) There is much confusion surrounding the term “consciousness” as applied to humans. The confusion concerns both the phenomenon to which the term refers and the various ways in which the term is used. For instance, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/an-argument-for-abolishing-the-term-consciousness/feed/ 0 “What is Time?” https://www.christopher-cook.com/what-is-time/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/what-is-time/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1607   (Place & Date unknown) That depends on what sort of time you mean. The meanings of words are always contextual, right? Compare the usage of “cool” in “The wind is cool” and in “That guy is cool.” Now read … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/what-is-time/feed/ 0 “Notes to Consider – 1” https://www.christopher-cook.com/notes-to-consider-1/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/notes-to-consider-1/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:05:34 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1612   (Prague, Czech Republic—2003) (1)  On Intuition      (a) speculation: Intuition is a way of knowing that is non-rational. It is a way of using knowledge, but a process of using that knowledge which occurs below the threshold of awareness. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/notes-to-consider-1/feed/ 0 “Time as a Quality” https://www.christopher-cook.com/time-as-a-quality/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/time-as-a-quality/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:55:51 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1601   and… “An Algorithm for the Social Sciences”   (Prague, Czech Republic—February 8, 2003) I’ve been reading lately about quantum theory. Can’t do the math, of course, but conceptually it’s fascinating. And the notion that whether one treats quanta as … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/time-as-a-quality/feed/ 0 “The Fulfilled Rebel: a State of Positive Protest” https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-fulfilled-rebel-a-state-of-positive-protest/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-fulfilled-rebel-a-state-of-positive-protest/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:39:34 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1453   (Prague, Czech Republic—March 11, 2003) There are two phases in the process of living as a rebel who rejects conventional values and the conventional world. The first phase is the rejection of that world and the critique of it; … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-fulfilled-rebel-a-state-of-positive-protest/feed/ 0 “On the Relation of Mathematics to Freedom” https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-the-relation-of-mathematics-to-freedom/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/on-the-relation-of-mathematics-to-freedom/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:27 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1626   (Prague, Czech Republic—April 7, 2002) I grew up learning to whore. First it was for religion, then later for my country, and then, for a while, both at once. I was most ragged during that latter time and must … Continue reading →

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