Gene Kelly
On the issue of a "minimal self," I wish to say something that may help to clarify some points that I have come across in many of the writings I have read thus far. I hope it will suffice to say for now that what we do have available to us, upon reflection, of course, is the inference that some form of self-sense is required for a sense of ownership and a sense of agency to arise. Many are in agreement that these two seem to require a pre-reflective minimal self-sense. However, what I will say at this point is that some form of implicit subjectivity as opposed to a pre-reflective minimal self may work to resolve some residual issues. I will continue working on this soon. Thank you for reading. I appreciate it.
I must reveal my primary purpose for signing on to Academia.edu. My goal here is not to illuminate academia with a brilliant theory in the philosophy of mind, enactive phenomenology, or perhaps Buddhism. My fundamental intention for signing on here is to make the effort to enlist the aid of you wonderful and brilliant philosophers of mind, psychologists, phenomenologists, cognitive scientists, et al. in what I consider to be the most important role that intellectuals can have in life, that is, the alleviation of our common suffering. I write to stimulate your interest in this endeavor because you folks are one of the most important potential assets we have. I write to ask you to consider bringing your formidable skills, gifts, and assets to bear on this issue for the sake of all of us as human beings. I am of a mind that says academics, such as yourselves, have a great and often untapped potential to offer humanity more than the most accurate and sophisticated theories that so often take their final rest on library shelves (and databases) gathering the dust of history and purposelessness. Please consider an explicit statement (and maybe even intention) to the effect that theory alone, as a professional occupation, is not the only goal of your academic enterprise and that you will make an effort in future, if not already your underlying or explicit intention, to somehow demonstrate how what you do may be employed in our most important project, the alleviation of the suffering of all sentient beings. Thank you for reading, I appreciate it very much.
My undergraduate study was in philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook, and my graduate work was done at Fordham University; Taught for an academically inclined yoga center, "Yoga Anand Ashram" in Amityville, NY for over 20 years. From about 1997, I taught at many colleges and universities in both New York and Virginia where I now reside in peaceful retirement. My last affiliation was with Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, US--with which I served as an adjunct professor of philosophy and humanities for 10 years. During that time, I also worked at The Jefferson College of Health Sciences as an adjunct professor in philosophy teaching courses in bioethics and critical thinking.
My newest venture is a blog (https://genekelly.blogspot.com) wherein I cover a spectrum of "philosophy of mind" and Eastern philosophical issues and insights, especially those derived from meditation and assorted yoga and Buddhist practices. The blog discusses experience gained from Philosophy East and West with an emphasis on a (radical) phenomenological bent derived from my almost fifty years of meditative and virtue practices--derived from the Samkhya/Yoga tradition and Buddhism.
While philosophical argumentation is sometimes employed, it is done primarily to instigate an appreciation and love for examining experience as a method aimed at the alleviation of our common suffering. It is this primary intention wherein the blog finds its justification. Harvesting possible insights from the material one encounters in the blog is important for the professional academic. However, I request that the blog’s primary intention be the reader’s primary intention. (It sure will make the blog’s ingestion a whole lot more tolerable--in more ways than one.)
Please take a look at it and perhaps make some comments and or suggestions. I would appreciate that very much. Know also that criticism is welcome as well. Above all, keep in mind the blog's intention, the alleviation of suffering, particularly in this crisis period.
Supervisors: Experience itself
I must reveal my primary purpose for signing on to Academia.edu. My goal here is not to illuminate academia with a brilliant theory in the philosophy of mind, enactive phenomenology, or perhaps Buddhism. My fundamental intention for signing on here is to make the effort to enlist the aid of you wonderful and brilliant philosophers of mind, psychologists, phenomenologists, cognitive scientists, et al. in what I consider to be the most important role that intellectuals can have in life, that is, the alleviation of our common suffering. I write to stimulate your interest in this endeavor because you folks are one of the most important potential assets we have. I write to ask you to consider bringing your formidable skills, gifts, and assets to bear on this issue for the sake of all of us as human beings. I am of a mind that says academics, such as yourselves, have a great and often untapped potential to offer humanity more than the most accurate and sophisticated theories that so often take their final rest on library shelves (and databases) gathering the dust of history and purposelessness. Please consider an explicit statement (and maybe even intention) to the effect that theory alone, as a professional occupation, is not the only goal of your academic enterprise and that you will make an effort in future, if not already your underlying or explicit intention, to somehow demonstrate how what you do may be employed in our most important project, the alleviation of the suffering of all sentient beings. Thank you for reading, I appreciate it very much.
My undergraduate study was in philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook, and my graduate work was done at Fordham University; Taught for an academically inclined yoga center, "Yoga Anand Ashram" in Amityville, NY for over 20 years. From about 1997, I taught at many colleges and universities in both New York and Virginia where I now reside in peaceful retirement. My last affiliation was with Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, US--with which I served as an adjunct professor of philosophy and humanities for 10 years. During that time, I also worked at The Jefferson College of Health Sciences as an adjunct professor in philosophy teaching courses in bioethics and critical thinking.
My newest venture is a blog (https://genekelly.blogspot.com) wherein I cover a spectrum of "philosophy of mind" and Eastern philosophical issues and insights, especially those derived from meditation and assorted yoga and Buddhist practices. The blog discusses experience gained from Philosophy East and West with an emphasis on a (radical) phenomenological bent derived from my almost fifty years of meditative and virtue practices--derived from the Samkhya/Yoga tradition and Buddhism.
While philosophical argumentation is sometimes employed, it is done primarily to instigate an appreciation and love for examining experience as a method aimed at the alleviation of our common suffering. It is this primary intention wherein the blog finds its justification. Harvesting possible insights from the material one encounters in the blog is important for the professional academic. However, I request that the blog’s primary intention be the reader’s primary intention. (It sure will make the blog’s ingestion a whole lot more tolerable--in more ways than one.)
Please take a look at it and perhaps make some comments and or suggestions. I would appreciate that very much. Know also that criticism is welcome as well. Above all, keep in mind the blog's intention, the alleviation of suffering, particularly in this crisis period.
Supervisors: Experience itself
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