I have been reading
around and meditating on some aspects of philosophy for a channel for
blocked feelings and negative emotions.
I will begin with
mathematical concepts which are abstract thought are objective and
absolute and are 'a priori' which means they exist independent of our
existence. As they are objective they transcend the world of
biological flux and the physical world. This concept alone has helped
me to develop insight and to rise above difficulties that I have with
mental illness.
The philosophy of
science might believe that during scientific discovery we go from the
empirical, where there is objective experimental data from direct
observation, to the subjective, where we conceptualise the
information and put our own interpretation on to the results. Hence
we go from the objective to the subjective.
Chinese mystic
Chuang Tzu states that the Tao in Taoism is when the objective
becomes subjective and the subjective becomes objective.
French philosopher
Foucault believed that we should step back from the scientific
discoveries over the centuries to objectify ourselves. He thought
that the beliefs of a culture are historically conditioned. These
historical constructs are determined by social rules and bring about
social control.
With regards to
inequality United Nations document UN2811 has an article that states
that everyone has the right to security and liberty of person and
self determination.
During the
enlightenment it was the goal to replace superstition, tyranny and
injustice with reason, tolerance and legal equality. Swiss thinker
Jean – Jacques Rousseau spoke against moral decadence and
inequality and in 1755 challenged enlightenment beliefs by arguing
that social progress had helped to corrupt human nature.
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