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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 25 Jun 2019
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      I enjoyed reading your thoughts. I'm curious what aspects of the dialogue particularly provoked this response for you? No need to be polite! ;)

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Jun 2019
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      Well, I think @non_buddhism nailed it here: > Concepts like “model” and “self-model,” and theories of “representation” are, to my non-expert ears, possibly just as ideologically overdetermining as “emptiness” and whatever other Abhidharma concepts you might want to invoke.

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    3. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 25 Jun 2019
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      So how would you reply to @Failed_Buddhist (wtpepper) response on that thread, in particular: “No theory, if it is a theory, is ever an “interpretation.” It is an explanation. And it can be correct.”

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    4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Jun 2019
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      Yes, this is the case for “theories” in the strong, scientific sense. My judgement is we currently have no theories about minds in that sense, much less about meditation. Their ontologies are wrong, so they aren’t even false.https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1136115951068372992 …

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      Rationalism: not even false. pic.twitter.com/eZRYMopr8G
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    5. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 25 Jun 2019
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      To clarify your position, with respect to mind there are only ideologically infused interpretations, not explanatory theories? What is your position on this @evantthompson ?

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    6. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 25 Jun 2019
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      We have theories and partial models built out of elements from multiple sources--cogsci, cross-cultural philo of mind (including Buddhist theories), phenomenology. They're tentative works in progress in evolving creole languages

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @SpeakingSubject @non_buddhism

      This is what I called “a meta-systematic approach, of deploying multiple interpretive frameworks while recognizing that they *are* just interpretive frameworks, and frequently asking “does this work here? what are the consequences? what are the alternatives?”

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    8. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 25 Jun 2019
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      So what are your criteria for truth? pragmatic?

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    9. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Jun 2019
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      That is complicated. I am writing a book about it, supposedly! One must inquire into what “truth” means in particular sorts of situations, and then what ways may be appropriate for investigating it.

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    10. Michael Montazeri‏ @mamontazeri 25 Jun 2019
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      recursive meta systemacity to define truth for a given situation to understand which system to apply, etc... more earnestly, seems like a clear feedback loop between what truth for a given circumstance is and what system to use towards said truth?

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Jun 2019
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      Yes, they are mutually dependent

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