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Mysticism: A. Mysticism is a spiritual practice seeking direct experience of the divine, often through meditation, contemplation, or altered states of consciousness, emphasizing a personal connection beyond religious doctrine or intellectual understanding. See also Religion, Religios belief, Transcendentals. - B. Mysticism is an intentional or unintentional obscuration of scientifically researched relationships. See also Misinformation, Social media._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Richard Feynman on Mysticism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 250 Mysticism/Feynman: in fact, there is no fortuneteller who can tell us about the presence in a distant place! It is unobservable. >Unobservables, >Observation, >Empiricism, >Prediction, >Knowledge, >Reality, >World/Thinking._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Feynman I Richard Feynman The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Vol. I, Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat, California Institute of Technology 1963 German Edition: Vorlesungen über Physik I München 2001 Feynman II R. Feynman The Character of Physical Law, Cambridge, MA/London 1967 German Edition: Vom Wesen physikalischer Gesetze München 1993 |