idealism

Greetings folks - Apologies for making my first post such a potentially off putting one, I've been a lurker on here sometime and a contributing guest author to the site so I thought I'd get your opinions on this subject. Reading these forums I see the vast majority of posters are skeptics in...

My argument against materialism (=matter is all that primarily exists, everything else are configurations thereof) is really simple: 1. All empirical observations are dependent upon consciousness. 2. Materialism claims that there is something independent of consciousness (matter). 3...

I was thinking about the other thread about how it seems like Christians are more likely to use torture. Personally I don't think this is intrinsic to religion but is more of a side effect of a particular brand of message spreading (e.g. using hell as a big stick). This leads me to the bigger...

Please no insults, even from me. Malerin, what difference does it make. Idealism and materialism are the same thing. There is no difference between the two. You assert that it may be that sensations and external reality does not exist, and that may be we may all be -Brains in Vats -butterfly...

I'm very much enjoying myself in these forums -- for the most part, I've found responses here much more intelligent and reasonable than in most other forums. I've enjoyed a number of my exchanges, both with those who've agreed with my points, and with those who've disagreed. Some of the...

I use the term, 'Subjective Idealism' in the thread title, without really understanding what it means, but Interesting Ian posted in another thread that this is what he believes, so I assume it has something to do with consciousness being a special thing, not explained by science - maybe...

Some of you are aware of my philosophy which concludes that we're all existing within the Mind of God. I thought I'd explain why this philosophy is consistent with QM... The fundamental energy of perceived existence is known to be essentially indeterminate... yet progresses towards a...

On a number of threads, immaterialists have pointed out that they feel materialism should not allow for seperate identity of the individuals having awareness. But I really thing this is more of an issue for idealism! So how, do you define seperate awareness in the philosphical sense. It seems...