From d467901be55b07885bd6b1b5baaddf0481832249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: p Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:54:49 -0500 Subject: bunch of work on next 3 --- essays/flyntian_modality.otx | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 essays/flyntian_modality.otx (limited to 'essays/flyntian_modality.otx') diff --git a/essays/flyntian_modality.otx b/essays/flyntian_modality.otx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1dc7b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/essays/flyntian_modality.otx @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +\blankstyle + +\chap Instructions for the Flyntian Modality + +\vfill + +\begitems\style n +* Stop all \dq{gross believing,} such as belief in other minds, causality, and the phantom entities of science (atoms, electrons, etc). + +* Stop thinking in propositional language. + +* Stop all scientific hypothesizing. Do not consider your \dq{sightings} of the empire state building as confirmations that it is there when you are not looking at it---or for that matter, as confirmations that it is there when you \e{are} looking at it. + +* Stop organizing visual experiences and tactile experiences into object-gestalts. Stop organizing so-called \dq{different spatial orientations or different touched surfaces of objects} into object-gestalts. That is, stop having perceptions of objects. + +* Stop believing in past and future time. That is, live out of time. Stop feeling longing, dread, or regret. + +* Stop believing that you can move your body. + +* Stop believing that these instructions have any objective meaning. + +* You are now free to walk through walls (if you can find them). +\enditems + +\vfill + +\break +\mainstyle \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3