Eldeven Valoskenos

  Phenomenology Here I seek to outline my most important views, most of which are on Phenomenology , which in turn I consider to be the true first philosophy. However, the way I think of phenomenology, it is possibly virtually identical to ontology  or  metaphysics .           Contents 0.0 Preliminaries 0.1 What is Phenomenology 0.2. Origins 0.3. Influences 2.0 The 4 Components of Experience 2.1 Senses 2.2 Ideas 2.3 Impulses 2.4 Intentions 3.0 The Principles of Experience 3.1 The Axes 3.2 Inertia & Valence 3.3 Quality & Intentionality 3.4 Putting it Together 4.0 Functions 4.1 The Faculties ?.? Phenomenon vs 'Reality' ?.? Evolutionary Lens ?.? Correspondence to Science ?.? Presence and Absence ?.? Aristotle's 4 Causes ?.? The Absolute and the Ultimate ?.? Knowledge & Wisdom ?.? Universals ?.? Mereology 0.0 Preliminaries 0.1 What is Phenomenology From  Wikipedia:  Phenomenology  (from Greek φαινόμενον, phainómeno...

 Redefining Religion Knowledge is true   belief . Delusion  is false belief. Wisdom  is ??? valuation. Folly is ??? valuation. Metacognition  is the process of learning about learning , and predicting ones own predictions.  It is cognition about cognition, cognition turned on itself. Rationality  is metacognition directed toward the pursuit of Knowledge  and avoidance of Delusion. Spirituality  is metacognition directed toward the pursuit of Wisdom  and avoidance of Folly. Metacognition can be done alone, or one the individual  level. It can also be done with others, in dialogue, and thus on a collective  level. Academia  is collective rationality. Religion  is collective spirituality.

 The 4 Causes - An Elaboration This post is a take on Aristotle's 4 Causes . At least going by the traditional accounts, I believe that its scope has been underestimated, and, I believe, due to the West's bias toward the static , this is especially so for the efficient  and final  causes. I will not be explaining Aristotle's views here, as I only have second hand accounts and am not the best read, only my own. If my ideas are far from Aristotle's, so be it; take the ideas independently. The key idea I seek to explain here is that the 4 causes can be applied to some given thing with an 'inside' or 'outside' perspective. In the accounts I have always read, each of the causes has been explained with only one of these perspectives. 1. Material Cause The material cause  is the principle of separation . In usual accounts, it is taken to be 'that out of which something is made'. In other words, the material cause accounts for the way in which an object ...