Post by dylanharcourt on Feb 14, 2015 7:28:32 GMT
Week 6 Essay Questions
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s work and life is important to understanding the illusory nature of religious visions because many of his realizations were thought to be “indications of a transcendent state of consciousness… but were rather projections of his mind” (Lane 48). Thus, instead of thinking of something transcending, things are realized from within.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
This phrase essentially means that philosophical questions touch on aspects of all types of science and mathematics; physics, biology, chemistry and neuroscience are just a few. However, when philosophical debate just consists solely of thinking about strange phenomena without any association to any other discipline, then the information is redundant and lacks pragmatism.
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s work and life is important to understanding the illusory nature of religious visions because many of his realizations were thought to be “indications of a transcendent state of consciousness… but were rather projections of his mind” (Lane 48). Thus, instead of thinking of something transcending, things are realized from within.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
This phrase essentially means that philosophical questions touch on aspects of all types of science and mathematics; physics, biology, chemistry and neuroscience are just a few. However, when philosophical debate just consists solely of thinking about strange phenomena without any association to any other discipline, then the information is redundant and lacks pragmatism.