Post by Kolton Martin on Jul 27, 2015 20:55:59 GMT
Week 6 Questions
1.Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles because his experience shows us that our mind is a virtual simulator, and we see what we need to in a time of fear. When Chand’s disciples claimed to have seen him on the battle field, and that he gave them comfort in a time of fear, he realized that our mind makes up these illusions to comfort us. Even though Chand wasn’t there and had no knowledge their trouble, these followers claim to have seen him and that he gave them direction to safety, they needed hope in a time of fear and when we are scared we look to anything we believe will protect us, and our mind will sometimes give us these illusions to comfort us. When Faqir Chand had his vision he realized that, “All gurus of whatever stripe were ignorant about the real cause of the miracles and visions attributed to them” because these visions are produced by the mind.
2.What is meant by the phrase, "Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.
I believe what is meant by, “Philosophy done well is science,” is that a good philosopher has many theory’s and ideas, but also backs them up with scientific facts and data. A good philosophers theory is always backed up with science, which makes it much more believable to people than if it was just his or her own thoughts. “Philosophy done poorly remains philosophy,” means just that. If you tell someone something or give an idea with no backup but your own knowledge, they will be skeptical about the idea, not knowing if they should believe it or not. Yet if you have scientific data or research to back up your idea it will be much more believable. Therefore “Philosophy done well is science,” and a good philosopher will always intertwine philosophy with science to back up his theory’s.
1.Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles because his experience shows us that our mind is a virtual simulator, and we see what we need to in a time of fear. When Chand’s disciples claimed to have seen him on the battle field, and that he gave them comfort in a time of fear, he realized that our mind makes up these illusions to comfort us. Even though Chand wasn’t there and had no knowledge their trouble, these followers claim to have seen him and that he gave them direction to safety, they needed hope in a time of fear and when we are scared we look to anything we believe will protect us, and our mind will sometimes give us these illusions to comfort us. When Faqir Chand had his vision he realized that, “All gurus of whatever stripe were ignorant about the real cause of the miracles and visions attributed to them” because these visions are produced by the mind.
2.What is meant by the phrase, "Philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy.
I believe what is meant by, “Philosophy done well is science,” is that a good philosopher has many theory’s and ideas, but also backs them up with scientific facts and data. A good philosophers theory is always backed up with science, which makes it much more believable to people than if it was just his or her own thoughts. “Philosophy done poorly remains philosophy,” means just that. If you tell someone something or give an idea with no backup but your own knowledge, they will be skeptical about the idea, not knowing if they should believe it or not. Yet if you have scientific data or research to back up your idea it will be much more believable. Therefore “Philosophy done well is science,” and a good philosopher will always intertwine philosophy with science to back up his theory’s.