Searching for God-reduction of being

"The right of existence of the Parmenidean idea of being, τό όν, and not being, τό μή όν, in philosophical thought cannot be disputed. However, the preoccupation of virtually all major philosophical works with it has always puzzled me. Plato’s philosophy may be a footnote to Parmenides, and a large part of western philosophy may in part be a footnote to Platonic ideas. I am not referring to the impact that the original conception has had on the recognition by natural scientists, e.g. Galileo Galilei, that a formal language independent of sensate impression is necessary for describing nature; this has been a contribution of vast significance. I would like, however, to shift the focus from Parmenidean-Platonic schema to empirically identified mechanisms of formal systems such as logic and mathematics (I do not mean here formal systems, ad hoc or not, that have proven to 'fit' natural phenomena). To elaborate, the fact that the nervous system of animals and humans from the first steps in its evolution contains mechanisms for logic as well as mechanisms for building symbols, categories and higher concepts may necessitate changes in how we view philosophical ideas of old; it may be necessary to cast these ideas in light of concepts that have emerged from natural science." More....

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