Post by marwa on Nov 8, 2015 6:54:52 GMT
Q 1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are considered important in understanding the projective nature of religious and visions and miracles because it is basically an experience of being consciousness of the visual aspect of this life. This occurs through his the known meditation called “Yoga”. Through this experience as stated in the book The Unknowing Sage he “enables one to experience regions of light and sound beyond the normal waking state, providing glimpses into higher realms of consciousness.” Adding to that, it is also important in understanding the religious visions because his experiences deal with the aspect of believing in the concept of death and not being able to figure out the hidden unknown. In the famous book, The knowing Sage he describes the concept of death through his quotation by saying “Who knows what may happen to me at the time of death? I may enter the state of unconsciousness, enter the state of dreams and see railway trains. . . How can I make a claim about my attainment of the Ultimate? The truth is that I know nothing.”
Q 2. What is meant by the phrase, “Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.”
The phrase “Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy” can lead to many interpretation and one can mean that both of the two concepts of philosophy and science are interrelated. Meaning that philosophy needs science to become an useful subject and that is through doing the same aspects science does as researching, observing, as well as experimenting. This specific phrase tries to show that philosophy without the aspect of science does not have a complete meaning as stated in the book Circle of the Wise, Churchland has said that “I think many philosophical questions would ultimately get their answers from the developments that science gives us.” Adding to that, in the next section of this phrase that says Philosophy done poorly remains philosophy, refers to indicating that philosophy without the use of science in it would be identified poorly and without no proof of any conducted observation or research, it will just remain philosophy. Nowadays many of the philosophers immerse themselves in the aspect of science when studying a case, as Griesemer stated in the book The Circle of the Wise, “as I think that the things philosophers of science tend to talk about, scientific theories and explanations, are products of social construction based on observable data.
Faqir Chand’s experiences are considered important in understanding the projective nature of religious and visions and miracles because it is basically an experience of being consciousness of the visual aspect of this life. This occurs through his the known meditation called “Yoga”. Through this experience as stated in the book The Unknowing Sage he “enables one to experience regions of light and sound beyond the normal waking state, providing glimpses into higher realms of consciousness.” Adding to that, it is also important in understanding the religious visions because his experiences deal with the aspect of believing in the concept of death and not being able to figure out the hidden unknown. In the famous book, The knowing Sage he describes the concept of death through his quotation by saying “Who knows what may happen to me at the time of death? I may enter the state of unconsciousness, enter the state of dreams and see railway trains. . . How can I make a claim about my attainment of the Ultimate? The truth is that I know nothing.”
Q 2. What is meant by the phrase, “Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.”
The phrase “Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy” can lead to many interpretation and one can mean that both of the two concepts of philosophy and science are interrelated. Meaning that philosophy needs science to become an useful subject and that is through doing the same aspects science does as researching, observing, as well as experimenting. This specific phrase tries to show that philosophy without the aspect of science does not have a complete meaning as stated in the book Circle of the Wise, Churchland has said that “I think many philosophical questions would ultimately get their answers from the developments that science gives us.” Adding to that, in the next section of this phrase that says Philosophy done poorly remains philosophy, refers to indicating that philosophy without the use of science in it would be identified poorly and without no proof of any conducted observation or research, it will just remain philosophy. Nowadays many of the philosophers immerse themselves in the aspect of science when studying a case, as Griesemer stated in the book The Circle of the Wise, “as I think that the things philosophers of science tend to talk about, scientific theories and explanations, are products of social construction based on observable data.