04.16.09
Visions of a ghostseer
Visions of a Ghostseer
It is hard to believe that questions of self, soul, and human nature have been reduced to the status of questions to be answered by Darwinian biological theory. It is equally hard to believe that all other approaches to these paradoxical issues, explored by Kant so cogently, have been in effect banned from discourse (unless wrapped in a religious faith package).
An entire culture of science sees no problem here, remains blissfully in a state of ignorance that there could be anything wrong here, even as it moves to destroy all other rivals to this new form of domination.
How did this state of affairs come to pass?
Ironically a similar situation existed under the regimes of theocratic monotheism. So perhaps we have the answer to our question. This is a new theocracy in the making, using ‘scientific method’ instead of the Popes as the authoritarian absolute.
Here’s the idea: scientific mechanics can explain toasters using the principles of scientific method and causal analysis. Experts are mediators of this method. Since the method works so brilliantly for toasters, we are to conclude that everything else in the universe can be explained by the method, and that it should therefore also be referred to these experts.
The early Christians with a not dissimilar logic arrived at the domination of the Popes. Where will it end in the reign of scientism?
Please read the passage cited at the top of this post til you get to the part about Schopenhauer and ghosts.