The Meditating Philosopher | Philosophy & Free Will with Rick Repetti & Eric Orwoll @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Rick Repetti, Eric Orwoll, and I discuss different approaches to free will and metaphysics, with Eric influenced by Leibniz’s occasionalism and Rick's pragmatic approach informed by Frankfurt and Buddhist thought.
We also discuss the concept of agency and free will and propose a model combining aspects of Jainism, Frankfurt's model of free will, and Buddhism, viewing agency as enacted and embedded in an environment.
We touch on the idea of a quantum version of panpsychism, wave function collapse, the dynamic view of the world, and the concept of the soul.
Eric, Rick, and I also discuss the importance of forgetting and focusing on other things to indirectly understand the concept of the one. We conclude by exploring the mysteries of split brain patients and the idea that individuals have the freedom to raise their consciousness above primitive levels.
We explore the brain activity of meditators who experience non-local experiences in the mind, as well as the concepts of multiple universes, quantum computation, and the power of meditation.
We also discuss the relationship between attention and free will, and how meditation can help cultivate attention as a muscle.
Additionally, we dive into concepts like scattered thoughts and effort and the importance of interest in generating motivation. The discussion offers a nuanced exploration of various theories related to consciousness and metaphysics.
We address the importance of Right View and Right Intention in pursuing higher ideals, including wisdom and enlightenment.
Eric, Rick, and I also discuss the efforts required to cultivate attentional skill and the tripartite soul's role in managing desires.
We discuss the different motivations and efforts required for intrinsic and instrumental goals and how paradigms and forms relate to belief and intellectual intuition.
Finally, we touch on the concept of "paradigmatic knowing," which involves a harmonic blend of participatory, procedural, and perspectival knowing, leading to a holistic understanding of the archetypes or forms that underwrite our existence and aspirations.
Rick is a philosophy professor who teaches on virtue ethics, free will, and meditation. Eric is an intellectual dedicated to Platonism/Neoplatonism and a range of modern thinkers.
Rick's YouTube page: youtube.com/@UC3iwahPNjV4b2tU8doHqakA
Eric's YouTube page: youtube.com/@UC10oqMKjGhP8KuRpLuBMSVw
Thanks!
Rick Repetti, Eric Orwoll, and I discuss different approaches to free will and metaphysics, with Eric influenced by Leibniz’s occasionalism and Rick's pragmatic approach informed by Frankfurt and Buddhist thought.
We also discuss the concept of agency and free will and propose a model combining aspects of Jainism, Frankfurt's model of free will, and Buddhism, viewing agency as enacted and embedded in an environment.
We touch on the idea of a quantum version of panpsychism, wave function collapse, the dynamic view of the world, and the concept of the soul.
Eric, Rick, and I also discuss the importance of forgetting and focusing on other things to indirectly understand the concept of the one. We conclude by exploring the mysteries of split brain patients and the idea that individuals have the freedom to raise their consciousness above primitive levels.
We explore the brain activity of meditators who experience non-local experiences in the mind, as well as the concepts of multiple universes, quantum computation, and the power of meditation.
We also discuss the relationship between attention and free will, and how meditation can help cultivate attention as a muscle.
Additionally, we dive into concepts like scattered thoughts and effort and the importance of interest in generating motivation. The discussion offers a nuanced exploration of various theories related to consciousness and metaphysics.
We address the importance of Right View and Right Intention in pursuing higher ideals, including wisdom and enlightenment.
Eric, Rick, and I also discuss the efforts required to cultivate attentional skill and the tripartite soul's role in managing desires.
We discuss the different motivations and efforts required for intrinsic and instrumental goals and how paradigms and forms relate to belief and intellectual intuition.
Finally, we touch on the concept of "paradigmatic knowing," which involves a harmonic blend of participatory, procedural, and perspectival knowing, leading to a holistic understanding of the archetypes or forms that underwrite our existence and aspirations.
Rick is a philosophy professor who teaches on virtue ethics, free will, and meditation. Eric is an intellectual dedicated to Platonism/Neoplatonism and a range of modern thinkers.
Rick's YouTube page: youtube.com/@UC3iwahPNjV4b2tU8doHqakA
Eric's YouTube page: youtube.com/@UC10oqMKjGhP8KuRpLuBMSVw
Thanks!
