7 notes tagged "platonism"

spotlight visual attention metaphor Feb 2023
metaphor of a “spotlight” of visual attention, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (fire-cast shadows) and Crick’s thalamic spotlight, both are unifying
#platonism #metaphor
extending individuation into the world of things Dec 2021
The only way I can justify still using the term individuation today is by extending it to mean the individuation of each moment in life, each
#individuality #therapeutic #property #platonism
platonic ideas somatic education and soul Nov 2021
the real progenitor of somatic education was Plato, whose philosophy of Soul, or intrinsic, organic, individual Being is just what is most central
#platonism
history symptom-making of the psyche Dec 2020
event becomes an experience, moves from outer to inner, is made into soul, when it goes through a psychological process … Plato gave us main ones:
#experiential #platonism
solipsism Dec 2020
is the philosophical idea that only one’s mind is sure to exist as an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything
#platonism
empiricism prevents solipsism Dec 2020
empiricism philosophically “the egocentric predicament” (according to A. J. Ayer) prevents solipsism — gets us out of the circle of our minds by
#empiricism #platonism
understand hermeticism Mar 2019
Giordano Bruno’s works; magic, mysticism, and occult; neoplatonic philosophies. Perhaps start with Frances Yates
#hermetism #platonism #mysticism