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delrem

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23. Why do you think a ch'an Buddhist should submit to your criterion of "scientific proof"? nt

Reply to Pike Bishop (Reply #14)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 12:19 AM

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Is it possible to exist outside ideology? [View all] Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 OP

I think ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #1

Chán Buddhism as developed by the Chinese is a practice delrem Jul 2014 #2

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There is no living outside Ideology. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #4

how do you know that? noiretextatique Oct 2014 #5

Personal experience and scientific logic...a potent combination. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #6

How do you define the word "ideology." ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #7

Definition. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #8

That definition is based on imaginary things. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #9

...and yet youre on the "Democratic" Underground site....;) Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #10

Anything that exists only within the imagination is strictly imaginary. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #11

Government actions are much more real than Snape's Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #12

You seem to be conflating three different things. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #15

I didn't conflate anything. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #16

I agree human behavior relates to objects, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #17

Yes, the Nazis were real. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #18

Why aren't you answering my questions? ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #19

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Do you equate "objectively real" with "physically real"? delrem Nov 2014 #22

Lots of things going on in this post. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #24

This is difficult to take seriously. delrem Nov 2014 #25

Apprehension is one aspect of the imagination. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #26

No. delrem Nov 2014 #27

I did not say they were the same. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #28

symbols are concrete. nt delrem Nov 2014 #29

Where do laws exist? nt ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #30

You mean like the laws of motion, of gravity, or like the laws of England? delrem Nov 2014 #31

I am talking about the laws of governments. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #32

Thank you. delrem Nov 2014 #33

Althusser's is in fact a reduction, not more complex. FigTree Jul 2017 #36

everyone's personal experience is different noiretextatique Oct 2014 #13

Yes it is. Pike Bishop Oct 2014 #14

Why do you think a ch'an Buddhist should submit to your criterion of "scientific proof"? nt delrem Nov 2014 #23

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I thought Pike Bishop was trolling me, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #21

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Live or Exist davidclay123 Aug 2017 #37

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I Don't think so imsarvan May 2018 #39

Mind vs brain lounge_jam Oct 2018 #40