About this episode
My fourth conversation with the philosopher Alexander Bard, on his new book project on mysticism, bliss, the importance of phenomenology, the philosophy of time, transcendence, and transformation.Related episodes:https://youtu.be/Y8cuqy6y0fo Alexander Bard part 1: sex, Zoroastrianism, embodied philosophyhttps://youtu.be/eASbv9WA-TQ Alexander Bard part 2: tantric sex, sex and spirituality, men's workhttps://youtu.be/3eAwktR3S3s Alexander Bard part 3: anthropology and AIBard on Sweeney, discussing the book project on mysticismhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFU0ot5daoghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtaDAqbAE3Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlQyzDwTfo00:00:00 Intro: making philosophy.00:03:33 Why mysticism? Transcendence and transformation. The philosophy of time.00:14:53 The right order: phenomenology -> epistemology -> ontology of mysticism. Pathos-mythos-logos and subconscious/conscious. Only present exists. The past subsists and the future absists. The past is determinate, the future is indeterminate, the present is transdeterminate.00:26:08 Animal philosophy.00:28:51 Phenomenology of mysticism. Dancing myself unconscious. Varayana Buddhism. The two subjectless extreme states: pure experience and the infinite now. You can't do science of consciousness. 00:37:47 The historical and sociological context: pillar saints and boy pharaohs, sutra/tantra. The infinite now and orgasm. 00:49:41 Pure experience and the other-world dualism. The psychoanalytical view: neurosis and psychosis. Mamilla and embodiment.01:01:24 Mysticism is minimalism. The job of philosophy to kill axioms. Mysticism is practiced philosophy. Mysticism kills fantasies about how the world works. The importance of integration.01:09:42 The problem with western existentialism is that it assumes the subject is constant.01:10:17 Why go mystic? Why you? Why now? How? The birth of a child: instant bliss. Go deeper?01:14:22 The first thing the mystic says: there is no purpose to this. The phenomenology-epistemology loop has been ignored by philosophers.I, scientist blog: https://balazskegl.substack.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/balazskeglArtwork: DALL-EMusic: Bea Palya https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBDp3qcFZdU1yoWIRpMSaZw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
