Saturday, January 19, 2013  On Matter and Space  on matter and
space:  let us move beyond dualism, that that exists is either
mental or physical, and idealism, that all that exists is
mental, and physicalism, that all that exists is physical. these
arguments, after all, only involve two concepts, the mental and
the physical. may i suggest that reality is more complex than
that. perhaps there are things that truly exist that could not
be categorized by either term!  the external world as it seems,
i have argued, does not exist, but i do not deny the possibility
that physical objects may exist independently "out there". for
all i know, there may be a permanent tree that is lodged,
forever fixed in space at certain coordinates, and there may be
a statue of a human body out there too!  even mental components
vary, to hear, to see, and so on, so as to render the term as
perhaps too wide. but are there "in between" senses, perhaps
where light merges with thought, and with mood, for example?
surely there is not just