1. the little melodic part, ' and i'll never know what 'starving poets' meant cause when i was broke it was you who always paid the rent' is one of the most beautiful few seconds of any song i have ever heard
  2. Originally posted by peatiedog:the little melodic part, ' and i'll never know what 'starving poets' meant cause when i was broke it was you who always paid the rent' is one of the most beautiful few seconds of any song i have ever heard
    I completely get that, it’s like I physically feel each note the edge is playing there and I get totally taken away by the song at that point.
  3. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    I completely get that, it’s like I physically feel each note the edge is playing there and I get totally taken away by the song at that point.
    What you are feeling has a name. It is called Synaesthesia coupled with Epiphenomenalism. Would you allow me to PM you regarding what you are describing? I researched this for my Ph.D and am constantly fascinated by people who speak of this.
  4. Originally posted by ELIZIUM:[..]
    What you are feeling has a name. It is called Synaesthesia coupled with Epiphenomenalism. Would you allow me to PM you regarding what you are describing? I researched this for my Ph.D and am constantly fascinated by people who speak of this.
    Yeah of course you can pm me mate, you might need to dumb down the language for me to understand it though lol.
  5. Thank you for accepting Dean. I shall PM you tomorrow if that is OK? I would not wish to come across all 'academic' in terms etc. That would make me ignorant, rude and verbose.
    I really am genuinely fascinated when people speak of this as I experience it too and that led me to write my thesis about it.
    Thank you.
  6. Originally posted by ELIZIUM:Thank you for accepting Dean. I shall PM you tomorrow if that is OK? I would not wish to come across all 'academic' in terms etc. That would make me ignorant, rude and verbose.
    I really am genuinely fascinated when people speak of this as I experience it too and that led me to write my thesis about it.
    Thank you.
    Yeah that’s no problem, I’ll be at work but I can open the message when I get a chance. Im sure you will be able to provide some interesting information on the matter, I look forward to it.
  7. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    Yeah that’s no problem, I’ll be at work but I can open the message when I get a chance. Im sure you will be able to provide some interesting information on the matter, I look forward to it.
    I sent you a short PM Dean. Hope to hear from you at your convenience.
  8. Originally posted by ELIZIUM:Thank you for accepting Dean. I shall PM you tomorrow if that is OK? I would not wish to come across all 'academic' in terms etc. That would make me ignorant, rude and verbose.
    I really am genuinely fascinated when people speak of this as I experience it too and that led me to write my thesis about it.
    Thank you.
    Right, a true expert would be able to explain his or her subject in common plain language, as well as in academic terms (of course).

    Synaesthesia, or "the mixing of sensory input" (like literally tasting colors, or seeing sound) is a very rare condition. Rather a curse, than a blessing if you ask me.

    Epiphenomenalism is heavy "Philosophy of Mind" stuff. In short, the idea that the mind is a complete by-product (epí-phenomenon) of the body (with all it's neuro processes in the brain).

    The mind as complete epi-phenomenon is, however, a contested idea. For instance with regard to "free will" - or, as some would have it, the phenomenon of free will. And, ultimately, whether there is such a thing as Freedom besides Nature.

    Nature opperates according to (physical) laws, while Freedom, as the word already suggests, is not governed by any law at all.
    Funny enough the Universe seems to be a combination of both according to Quantum Mechanics: there are simply no "observer free" natural phenomena - not even in theory (because "theory" is also a product of the mind/observer).

    Then to say that every observer (i.e. "mind") is actually a by-product of the physical realm (as the epi-guys do!), is ignoring the basic principle of Quantum Physics. It's like, as the English say, eating your cake and having it too!
    I mean, if Quantum Theory basically says "it takes two to tango," you can not hold that the other is in fact yourself. It would be the same as liberating yourself out of the swamp by pulling your own hair...

    (Great Sunday morning read, not? - or should I say "right?", as modern speech guru's would like us to do...)
  9. Hello BigGirl, very nicely put!

    I didn't realise your were a professional philosopher; that makes two of us, then! ;-)
  10. Originally posted by JuJuman:Hello BigGirl, very nicely put!

    I didn't realise your were a professional philosopher; that makes two of us, then! ;-)
    LOL...that's great

    The world needs more philosophers

    What is your subject?

    I'm an independent. Socrates as a girl. Wandering around the forum - or rather: "forum" (as in the widest metaphorical sense...).
    Highly practical oriented - indeed, "free will" could be an illusion, but still one that needs to be dealt with on a daily basis.
    Kant wouldn't have it any other way...

    But eh...this Landlady is disgressing...

    (will see if there is a philosophy topic/thread already on U2Start...other wise I'll "buy" one for us, to maintain the Landlady idiom...)

    Cheers <- coffee (black with a tiny sweetner)