Introduction: The Problems of Philosophy
Hi Everyone (22nd Jan. 2009)
This is a general introduction to this philosophy page and how this relates to our current society and its many problems. The main philosophy essay follows.
This philosophy page gets between 500 and 5,000 people visiting each day and ranks from 5 to 25 in the main three search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) for 'philosophy'. I mention this because our world really does need some wisdom founded on physical reality, and history clearly shows that truth is the best and most powerful force for changing / improving our world. (And our world is in a lot more trouble than most of us realise I suspect.)
It is clear to me that there is a revolution coming in the foundations of our knowledge because we have solved the central problem of metaphysics, of what exists (space) that causes and connects the many things we experience (waves in space that form matter, the discrete and separate particle an illusion of our limited senses). Matter is large, a structure of space, and this truth about reality will change humanity, making us more aware of the world around us, providing us with cleaner machines and greater wisdom.
I have re-written this philosophy essay a number of times, trying to make it as short, simple and engaging as possible, while also explaining some fundamental truths about physical reality. I hope it entertains you while also making you more aware of this importance of philosophy. Of understanding the truth about our existence in the universe (physical reality) as the necessary foundations for wisdom in our thoughts and actions. I believe our future survival depends upon this.
As David Hume wrote (so elegantly!);
Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other. ...
And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society, and bestow a similar correctness on every art and calling. The politician will acquire greater foresight and subtlety, in the subdividing and balancing of power; the lawyer more method and finer principles in his reasoning; and the general more regularity in his discipline, and more caution in his plans and operations. (David Hume, 1737)
The Bertrand Russell video on my YouTube Philosophy of Physics page relates to this - that we must be careful in how we think (meaning and use of language) if we are not to deceive ourselves.
If you find this essay interesting, please help promote it on the internet. Philosophy (wisdom from truth and reality) is important to our world, and current postmodern philosophy is in disarray and contributes nothing but confusion (which largely explains why humanity now faces so many problems).
If you can help get this page to #1 in philosophy, then the world will change to this knowledge - it is obviously correct and there are enough sensible people out there who will realise this.
Geoff Haselhurst
PS - I have recently written a letter to academic philosophers that anyone who enjoys philosophy will find very interesting!
And we have a great collection of philosophy quotes that I encourage everyone to read (and think about!)
"The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them." (T. S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962)
"The task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what no body yet has thought about that which everyone sees. ... But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth." (Arthur Schopenhauer, 1818)
Philosophy: On Truth and Reality
Summary: The central problem of philosophy is most clearly explained by David Hume, the problem of causation and necessary connection. If we don't know how the many things we commonly experience are connected together then we do not know the source of truth. At a fundamental level (physics) this problem of causal connection applies to how discrete and separate matter particles interact with one another across the universe (space and time).
The solution is obvious. Don't describe reality in terms of discrete and separate matter particles (it was always a bad idea to describe an interconnected reality with discrete particles!)
The obvious way to describe reality is the most simple way, that only one thing, space, exists, and matter is formed from waves in space. i.e. We simplify the metaphysical foundations of physics and philosophy from the motion of matter particles in space and time, to the wave motion of space that causes matter and time. i.e. From a metaphysics of space and time to a metaphysics of space and motion.
It then becomes obvious that an electron is a spherical standing wave in space. The wave center causes the particle effect, the spherical in and out waves interact with all other matter in the universe which then solves this most profound problem of causation and necessary connexion. This really is simple and obvious - the essay below explains this, and if you find it hard to picture a spherical standing wave then have a look at the Wave Diagrams page.
I hope you enjoy the essay - I am convinced it explains how you exist as matter in Space!
Geoff Haselhurst
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