Status Updates From Filosofía de lo inconsciente

The experiments they were doing on animals in the 19th century I find incredibly disturbing. This would now be considered the behavior of serial killers in the making.

I wonder what Hartmann would have thought about DNA.

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Probably the most entertaining description of the Will I've seen in a text, thanks to the sheer wealth and breadth of knowledge Hartmann displays. Especially enjoyed his examples of animals who act wilfully despite their cerebellum being destroyed, as well as his description of ant war. If only all German philosophers could be so entertaining. Looking at YOU, Heidegger.

"The probability, therefore, of a spiritual cause being required for the sum of conditions = 0.746, i.e., almost. In truth, however, the several probabilities perhaps = 0.25, or at the most 0.5, and accordingly the probability of a spiritual cause for the whole = 0.9999985 or 0.99988, i.e., certainty."

Mathematics just doesn't get abused like this enough anymore

Having a blast. Hartmann just mathematically "proved" that spiritual causes must be admitted as having an effect on reality. MATERIALISTS DESTROYED WITH FACTS AND LOGIC.

Begins with a sweeping review of the idea of the "Unconscious" as it has appeared in Western philosophy, with a brief diversion to look at Hinduism, and an interesting examination of the Weber–Fechner law as it pertains to conscious and unconscious perception. Reminded me of the start of Interpretation of Dreams where Freud examines all the dream literature.

Hegelianism is a no-no, and the deductive method is way out. Time to get inductive.