The mind is a curious thing. Am not at all sure what Kant meant by apriori, but am fairly well convinced that Nietzsche was not a nihilist.
When studying a concept, stoicism, Buddhism, and other thought ideas, what have discovered is that when have thought on a given item for a while, the mind seems to open up, expands, discovers, something like that, a wider view of what had been thinking about. Not sure that would be called apriori, since it began from a previous thought, but it may have been embedded in it, and just took time to unfold. Any thoughts?
I think this has to do with the fact that associations (analogies) are an important part of how our brains work. Douglas R. Hofstadter insisted on this. Whether we like him or not, he is not wrong on that.
And when associations are made, it is probably easier to open up new avenues of thought and new horizons of appreciation for things.
Thank you. Douglas R. Hofstadter is a new name for me, but would agree, that if the mind is open to seeing analogies, similarities, associations and such, new ways of perceiving something or some thought may open up.
All the pleasure is mine. He co-authored a book, first published in French and translated into English, entitled "Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thought". This is how I first encountered his work.
The mind is a curious thing. Am not at all sure what Kant meant by apriori, but am fairly well convinced that Nietzsche was not a nihilist.
When studying a concept, stoicism, Buddhism, and other thought ideas, what have discovered is that when have thought on a given item for a while, the mind seems to open up, expands, discovers, something like that, a wider view of what had been thinking about. Not sure that would be called apriori, since it began from a previous thought, but it may have been embedded in it, and just took time to unfold. Any thoughts?
I think this has to do with the fact that associations (analogies) are an important part of how our brains work. Douglas R. Hofstadter insisted on this. Whether we like him or not, he is not wrong on that.
And when associations are made, it is probably easier to open up new avenues of thought and new horizons of appreciation for things.
Thank you. Douglas R. Hofstadter is a new name for me, but would agree, that if the mind is open to seeing analogies, similarities, associations and such, new ways of perceiving something or some thought may open up.
Had not considered that before, again, thank you.
All the pleasure is mine. He co-authored a book, first published in French and translated into English, entitled "Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thought". This is how I first encountered his work.