7. Science and Consciousness

Q: How is science related to this 'spectrum of knowledge'? A: 'Objective knowing' is the latest addition to the spectrum. It is a powerful tool to unravel hidden patterns in the behaviour of matter through observation and measurement. Q: You said earlier objective knowledge is limited in scope yet science is key to the problem … Continue reading 7. Science and Consciousness →

8. Science of Life: Promises and Pitfalls

Q: How will all these speculations about nature of knowledge help with the ‘problem of life’? A: Let us come back to the problem of life. There are two sub problems involved as discussed earlier. Explaining the mechanism of life is a scientific problem and it is fairly well understood. Life’s meaning and purpose is the other … Continue reading 8. Science of Life: Promises and Pitfalls →

9. Beyond Matter and Mind

Q: You keep bringing up the term ‘unknowability’. I can understand there are things we do not yet know in science but you seem to mean something else. What exactly is the ‘unknowability’ you refer to? A: Science’s reality consists of the ‘objectively knowable’. I believe ‘objectively knowable’ is only a subset of reality. Q: You have got … Continue reading 9. Beyond Matter and Mind →

10. Creative Evolution and the Comprehensibility puzzle

Q: You have been talking about too many things. What exactly are you driving at? A: I believe there is a huge error in the way we comprehend reality. The ‘hard problem of consciousness’ is a faultline caused by this error. I am attempting to explain the nature of this error starting from reliable facts of science. … Continue reading 10. Creative Evolution and the Comprehensibility puzzle →

11. Religious thinking and origin of the Supernatural

Q: Religious thinking played an important role in the evolution of human societies. What are your thoughts on religions? A: I am fascinated by religions. The subject matter of faith is interesting but the fact of people believing in supernatural gods is even more so. Q: Why do you find the ‘fact of people believing’ … Continue reading 11. Religious thinking and origin of the Supernatural →

13. The Way of Nature

Q: What do you see as the greatest challenge facing mankind? A: The greatest challenge is to arrive at a theory of life inclusive of its subjective features. Individual existence is insignificant from science’s objective point of view, but infinitely significant from the subject’s own view point. These two diametrically opposing facts must be reconciled. Q: That is … Continue reading 13. The Way of Nature →

14. In a nutshell…

I have tried to explore the problem of life from different angles through these dialogues. The result is a chain of interlinked ideas. Here are the major themes of my argument: The Problem of Life Life remains a mystery. Science has done a great job about the mechanism of life while purpose and meaning questions … Continue reading 14. In a nutshell… →