Recommend books similar to Beyond Biocentrism
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2elenchus
I'm not familiar with either of those books, but the reviews are interesting.
Have you looked at LT's recommendations based on the book?
http://www.librarything.com/work/17603098/recommendations
Have you looked at LT's recommendations based on the book?
http://www.librarything.com/work/17603098/recommendations
4Betelgeuse
I've read and enjoyed both of the Biocentrism books. Try these:
The Island of Knowledge by Marcelo Gleiser
Now: The Physics of Time by Richard A. Muller
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
The last is an 18th Century philosophical work by Bishop Berkeley, a blend of solipsism and Christian pantheism, but it touches on many of the same concepts discussed in Biocentrism.
The Island of Knowledge by Marcelo Gleiser
Now: The Physics of Time by Richard A. Muller
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
The last is an 18th Century philosophical work by Bishop Berkeley, a blend of solipsism and Christian pantheism, but it touches on many of the same concepts discussed in Biocentrism.
5Betelgeuse
>5 Betelgeuse:, I know very little about Eastern Philosophy, having read only a few of the fundamental classics in that area, so I can't say for sure. While I didn't entirely agree with Berkeley, I found his work intriguing. The University of California at Berkeley is named for him, though the pronunciation has been Americanized (the philosopher's name was pronounced "Bark-ley").
7Betelgeuse
>7 Betelgeuse:,
From my private comments:This guy was brilliant -- he even wrote in this work that time and space are relative and illusionary mental constructs, centuries before Einstein or quantum physics. Berkeley denied the existence of matter, as well as the existence of space and time. He believed all that exists are ideas, consciousness that perceives ideas, and God. For Berkeley, "to be is to be perceived."
It should be noted that Berkeley's philosophy is not solipsism, but more of a pantheism. He maintained that the universe does not become annihilated every time you close your eyes, because God is always observing the Universe when we are not, and indeed, God is an integral part of the universe, as the Eternal Spirit. The Spirit is the Will to make events happen -- each of us has a Spirit, but the most omnipotent Spirit (God Himself) is evinced by the Laws of Nature, which provide an order and continuity to our perceptions. After showing that all unthinking things are merely ideas, existing in our minds as the result of our sensory perceptions, Berkeley concludes that some Spirit had to create the ground rules that allowed for this to occur, and that Spirit is God. The Laws of Nature are like words that make up a language; they supply the rules by which our own spirits perceive the universe around us. For Berkeley, the evidence of God's existence is all around you, in Nature. By averring this, I believe he also paves the way for American Transcendentalism.
From my private comments:This guy was brilliant -- he even wrote in this work that time and space are relative and illusionary mental constructs, centuries before Einstein or quantum physics. Berkeley denied the existence of matter, as well as the existence of space and time. He believed all that exists are ideas, consciousness that perceives ideas, and God. For Berkeley, "to be is to be perceived."
It should be noted that Berkeley's philosophy is not solipsism, but more of a pantheism. He maintained that the universe does not become annihilated every time you close your eyes, because God is always observing the Universe when we are not, and indeed, God is an integral part of the universe, as the Eternal Spirit. The Spirit is the Will to make events happen -- each of us has a Spirit, but the most omnipotent Spirit (God Himself) is evinced by the Laws of Nature, which provide an order and continuity to our perceptions. After showing that all unthinking things are merely ideas, existing in our minds as the result of our sensory perceptions, Berkeley concludes that some Spirit had to create the ground rules that allowed for this to occur, and that Spirit is God. The Laws of Nature are like words that make up a language; they supply the rules by which our own spirits perceive the universe around us. For Berkeley, the evidence of God's existence is all around you, in Nature. By averring this, I believe he also paves the way for American Transcendentalism.
9Betelgeuse
>9 Betelgeuse: see post # 4 above
