Post by fengting on Feb 13, 2015 12:28:32 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
According to the video, “Near Death Experiences: Neural Projects and Staying alive,” this experience shows that visions during near death experience tell us more about the present than they do about the future. They are signals that trigger the body to survive. It is like the mind trying to rouse the body from sleep. Faqir Chand practiced an ancient meditation technique which allowed him to experience near death experiences. “Mastery of this practice, according to adepts of the tradition, enables one to experience regions of light and sound beyond the normal waking state, providing glimpses into higher realms of consciousness.” Chand did this repeatedly, each time reaching a higher state of meditation. He went so far as to learn that we are nothing but a bubble in the sea, and that we must accept that and continue living. While many people believe that near death experience visions come from a higher power, he proved through this practice that visions of religious figures are manifested from within ones’ self. After this, Chand made public his critical opinions of gurus who claims to be enlightened or to have more knowledge than everyone else. Because of his meditation practices, he publically spoke out against them.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy." Be sure to support your answers with references to the required readings and films.
Philosophy has to do with the mind and the way that humans think.
Philosophy proposes big questions about life and death, such as questions about suicide. Science is not usually about the same questions as philosophy; however, there is an exception. According to the video, The Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul de Sac, there can be things that transcend our rational thought, but “the best way to show evidence for it is to make sure that physics, chemistry, and biology are insufficient to the task.” The root of all philosophical questions according to “The Ocean Metaphor,” is the question of suicide. Everything in philosophy comes second to that. The issue and reasons behind a person wanting to commit suicide is a science issue. Because humans are made up of biological factors, the concept of suicide is also a scientific issue. So the philosophical ideas that have to do with life and death can be categorized as science. That means that the issues of philosophy that are not suicide, the issues that do not have to do with scientific issues, these issues are just classified as philosophy. In that way great philosophy can be viewed as science, and poop philosophy is simply just philosophy.
According to the video, “Near Death Experiences: Neural Projects and Staying alive,” this experience shows that visions during near death experience tell us more about the present than they do about the future. They are signals that trigger the body to survive. It is like the mind trying to rouse the body from sleep. Faqir Chand practiced an ancient meditation technique which allowed him to experience near death experiences. “Mastery of this practice, according to adepts of the tradition, enables one to experience regions of light and sound beyond the normal waking state, providing glimpses into higher realms of consciousness.” Chand did this repeatedly, each time reaching a higher state of meditation. He went so far as to learn that we are nothing but a bubble in the sea, and that we must accept that and continue living. While many people believe that near death experience visions come from a higher power, he proved through this practice that visions of religious figures are manifested from within ones’ self. After this, Chand made public his critical opinions of gurus who claims to be enlightened or to have more knowledge than everyone else. Because of his meditation practices, he publically spoke out against them.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy." Be sure to support your answers with references to the required readings and films.
Philosophy has to do with the mind and the way that humans think.
Philosophy proposes big questions about life and death, such as questions about suicide. Science is not usually about the same questions as philosophy; however, there is an exception. According to the video, The Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul de Sac, there can be things that transcend our rational thought, but “the best way to show evidence for it is to make sure that physics, chemistry, and biology are insufficient to the task.” The root of all philosophical questions according to “The Ocean Metaphor,” is the question of suicide. Everything in philosophy comes second to that. The issue and reasons behind a person wanting to commit suicide is a science issue. Because humans are made up of biological factors, the concept of suicide is also a scientific issue. So the philosophical ideas that have to do with life and death can be categorized as science. That means that the issues of philosophy that are not suicide, the issues that do not have to do with scientific issues, these issues are just classified as philosophy. In that way great philosophy can be viewed as science, and poop philosophy is simply just philosophy.