Category Archives: Functional Necessity

Finding meaning in the meaningless

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

Agent Smith:  Illusions, Mr. Anderson.  Vagaries of perception.  Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect, trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! So, believing as I do that it is impossible to remove bias.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in CPREA, Elaborate, Functional Necessity, Sense Data, Theoretical Perspective | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

C’est la meme chose… toujours

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

Here is the usual photo of me At One.  While I don’t remember exactly what I was thinking, I am quite sure I was thinking clearly. Since no one thought I would be “thinking” anyway I was left alone…in peace…to think.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Background, CPREA, External Observer, Free Harmony, Functional Necessity, Journal, META | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Artefacts of Emergence

Posted on February 16, 2007 by

Artefacts of Emergence Originally uploaded by Xhyra Graf.   Well, here is the question after what I would call a productive day [even though I had a headache for most of it]. Do I need to spend the time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Functional Necessity, META-Historical | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Functionally Specious

Posted on February 2, 2007 by

However, I disagree somewhat with their conclusion.  Even if it is a contradictory statement that we sometimes experience things “as both ordered and present” it IS so and it does happen.  We have to try to figure out what causes … Continue reading →

Posted in Elaborate, Functional Necessity, Qualia, Specious Time | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Functional Necessity of Qualia

Posted on January 13, 2007 by

Functional Necessity: Closing and wrap-up on Qualia and the necessity of the subjective point of view   Essential to conscious processes[ing]  Essential to practical function  Is it possible to be Daniel Dennett without Qualia? 

Posted in Functional Necessity | Tagged | Leave a comment