Section 32 (first articulated 1.31.2021) General Science: The Contextual and the Invariable The practical importance of associating the physical sciences with philosophy speaks volumes about the necessity of contextualizing the invariable. The use of the term contextual in philosophy does not merely mean limiting universal facts to particular instances. Rather, each specialized science provides content …
Section 22 (first articulated 1.10.2021) Light at the End of the Tunnel Time and space are propositions of being and nothing—the latter being the presupposition of the former.[^1] Productivity The general principle of productivity is the simple fact that it takes time to do something. Time is universal for productivity because it arises instantaneously …
Section 21 (first articulated 1.9.2021) Fractals – Inverse Square (See Event Particle)(See Whitehead, “Cleopatra’s Needle”) Pole (The External point-of-view) Things can be viewed in two ways: first, from the external point of view, we see a set of objects, each moving in space, but each of those objects is taking on a real event from …
Forms are possible events Is there form of feces? Section 20 (first updated 1.4.2021) Is There a Form of Feces? Forms as Possible Events Forms are not merely abstract ideals; they are possible events. Every form, even the most seemingly base or undesirable, represents a potential configuration of reality. Hence, the provocative question: Is there …
Ideality and Reality section 19 (first updated 1.3.2021) Mind is the limit of the Environment Where the environment ends, the mind begins; one serves as the limit of the other.[^1] From a subjective point of view, it seems that we outwardly conceive the environment—as if our thinking capacity extends outward to grasp it. What we …
Entropy Section 18. (first updated 12.30.2020) Chaos and the Form of Space Chaos is not scattered within an indiscernible area of space. This means that the disconnection between any set of discernible objects does not occur within an endless or unlimited expanse, but rather that the very idea of space is always indivisible from any …
Section 17 (first updated 12.26.2020) Living vs non-living Aristotle suggests that there are virtually an infinite variety of species ranging from the simplest plants to the most complex of mammals. At the very basic levels of life, it is very hard to distinguish between what is living and what is non-living. (On the Soul.I.2-3.Smith). Alfred …
What is Natural? Section 16 (first updated 12.25.2020) The question of what is nature? (or what nature is) can be stated in this manner: If you leave something alone, without interference, how will it develop, and what will it become?[^1] When talking about what is natural, the physical question of materialist ontology can be paraphrased …
Section 18 (first updated 12.24.2020) (see mind body unity/dualism) Parts or the Whole Aristotle and the Soul as Active Agency of the Mind 1:20 — Aristotle aims to demonstrate that the soul is the active agency of the mind. He defines the soul as the principle of natural life, the underlying actuality that animates living bodies1. Aristotle emphasizes the difficulty of this …
Matter Section 17 (first articulated 12.23.2020) Abstract Substrate The substrate—or matter—is the reflection of the abstract. The ultimate nature of existence, in this sense, begins with what we call the “abstract”, because it is essentially non-material; that is, it exists prior to form, as pure potentialcapable of taking the shape of any matter or substance. The first principle of existence is thus associated with …