11.03.09
Space/time and idealism
Comment on Space/time and realism/idealism
reece sullivan said,
November 2, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Ah,
My gut reaction is to agree with Schopenhauer . . . it’s been so long since I read anything by him (the world as . . .), that I wouldn’t have even thought he would’ve had anything to say about such metaphysical subjects.I read “That Matter Myth” b/c it was referenced in “God & The Philosophers” by Keith Ward (not to be confused with another book by the same title that’s quite different), which is something of a layman’s book but still gives a good critique of materialism, in my opinion.
My feeling is that when it comes to these things such as time and space, we have to go on anything we’ve got and make the most educated guesses we can. That said, it feels on topic to mention that my thoughts about time (and space, for that matter, too) while on hallucinogens has been that it’s certainly not what we think of it during ordinary consciousness, and, further, this – experiences on hallucinogens – is why I tend towards Schopenhauer’s view. The most basic thing in philosophy that tends to articulate my thoughts on reality best is Plato’s cave allegory . . . and I think that it’s consciousness that’s the “fire” or “light” casting the shadows.