Abjan van Meerten
@abjanvanmeerten.bsky.social
🍉 Philosophy student at the VU, Amsterdam
Fan of the apostle Paul and DBH
Freelance translator
Lives in The Hague, politically interested
Fan of the apostle Paul and DBH
Freelance translator
Lives in The Hague, politically interested
That‘s what Hart argues, and very plausibly. Qualia are not limited to sense perception, but also apply to imagination, (day)dreaming, thinking, et cetera. Basically all that the mind does.
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
That‘s what Hart argues, and very plausibly. Qualia are not limited to sense perception, but also apply to imagination, (day)dreaming, thinking, et cetera. Basically all that the mind does.
Yeah I meant more an entry than an intro. Thanks, I'll look into it!
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yeah I meant more an entry than an intro. Thanks, I'll look into it!
Haha awesome!
Does that also work as an intro into Hegel?
Does that also work as an intro into Hegel?
June 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Haha awesome!
Does that also work as an intro into Hegel?
Does that also work as an intro into Hegel?
I have a semi-faith in providence leading me to read the right books at the right time (esp when I already possess them but haven’t gotten to them yet)
December 5, 2024 at 10:47 PM
I have a semi-faith in providence leading me to read the right books at the right time (esp when I already possess them but haven’t gotten to them yet)
Well my theological commitments tend to be quite in flux, but at the moment I find Hart's theological vision (which is basically Western metaphysics) quite compelling.
December 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Well my theological commitments tend to be quite in flux, but at the moment I find Hart's theological vision (which is basically Western metaphysics) quite compelling.
What would make the difference for you?
Do you mean this in a sense of, 'what comes first, Plato or the creeds'?
Do you mean this in a sense of, 'what comes first, Plato or the creeds'?
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
What would make the difference for you?
Do you mean this in a sense of, 'what comes first, Plato or the creeds'?
Do you mean this in a sense of, 'what comes first, Plato or the creeds'?
But I think it's a common confusion that God's timelessness or immutability or impassibility (etc) somehow means God is a static 'cold' object. He's the very opposite: being, consciousness, bliss, not limited or conditioned in any way by any realities outside of it.
December 3, 2024 at 2:09 PM
But I think it's a common confusion that God's timelessness or immutability or impassibility (etc) somehow means God is a static 'cold' object. He's the very opposite: being, consciousness, bliss, not limited or conditioned in any way by any realities outside of it.
It is static if you compare it to a tripersonal perichoresis concept of the Trinity, with three centers of consciousness etc.
December 3, 2024 at 2:07 PM
It is static if you compare it to a tripersonal perichoresis concept of the Trinity, with three centers of consciousness etc.
Ofc one is free to reject the Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysical presuppositions behind this
December 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Ofc one is free to reject the Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysical presuppositions behind this
Well it's definitely very monistic, but it shouldn't be interpreted as static; the changeless motion of intellect is life, not the absence thereof.
One could say that God qua consciousness thinks himself qua being, and that this erotic movement of intellect is God qua life. Father, Son, Spirit.
One could say that God qua consciousness thinks himself qua being, and that this erotic movement of intellect is God qua life. Father, Son, Spirit.
December 3, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Well it's definitely very monistic, but it shouldn't be interpreted as static; the changeless motion of intellect is life, not the absence thereof.
One could say that God qua consciousness thinks himself qua being, and that this erotic movement of intellect is God qua life. Father, Son, Spirit.
One could say that God qua consciousness thinks himself qua being, and that this erotic movement of intellect is God qua life. Father, Son, Spirit.