New Writings

We plan to organize a portion of the past posts of this blog (from the previous two years) into several separate texts according to topic. 

We can say that there are two complementary perspectives in transcendental philosophy (at least at an initial methodological stage). The first is that of TPC and TPP - which is focused on philosophical introspective psychology. The second one we will call 'transcendental dialectics' - which is a special approach to the philosophy of logic, philosophy of language and cognitive science. It is the full development of the insights of ancient Skepticism and Madhyamaka but refined and clarified by a computationalist account of the a priori and key aspects of Kant and Hilbert. 

Then there is the application to the philosophy of mathematics and science - with special attention to determinism, computability and the foundations of calculus.

The culmination of philosophy - as mentioned before - is the exposition of ethics. More specifically,  an ethically enlightened philosophical anthropology is massively important for philosophy,  science and culture. This however is beyond the present scope.

We should also address potential criticisms and misunderstandings of TPC. For instance TPC has nothing to do, and indeed is at the antipodes of, the notion of the 'dualistic detached onlooker' of certain feminist (and Heideggerian) theories seen as a vehicle for the devaluation and destruction of nature.  

Also we should point out that we do not recommend or support any particular form  of psychotherapy or spiritual retreat or any kind of religious movement or organization ('Buddhist' or otherwise). And we point out that to us a correct and healthy spiritual path can have nothing to do with anything resembling a 'dark night of the soul'.  And if psychological anguish and troubles are part of life, we make no claim that TPC or the philosophy put forward here constitutes any kind of miracle cure. It is nevertheless our firm conviction that philosophical insight and the cultivation of philosophy can be psychologically beneficial.

If we were a 'guru' or 'spiritual teacher', we would have our students sit on their meditation cushions and read through Sextus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature and Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. They would actually be learning Abhidharma, Madhyamaka and Yogacara without knowing it !