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How does Aristotle use ‘life’ ? As being , as the recognizable actions of being or the less sinew-y and more fundamental ground of experience of being? It seems the the actuality of thought being life, would place life in awareness as such.

He speaks to the separate aspects of the intellect from a much less than a hard materialist frame. I’ve haven’t read any of his books , but I’ve seen him speak about his ideas around the division and interactions between the hemispheres of the brain and the interplay between the characteristics of each. I believe his first most talked about book was “The Master and His Emissary “

Do you follow Iain Mcgilchrist at all ?

How does experience got wiped out by calling existence an illusion? The claim of illusion is describing the apprehension of the state of being as incomplete ( implying to human cognition ) , not a claim of a void, the 'illusion' is experienced. You are saying those philosophers are claiming existence does not exist, they are not saying it. They are not denying your perceptions , feelings and experiences by a call to ignore them, they are just qualifying them as to alignment with the 'really real' , as opposed to the 'real' of human cognition.

For non dual vedanta they are the same.

Nature doesn't 'have' non contradictory thermodynamics, Science does, Nature supersedes 'our' contradictions all the time. That's why we need the guardian of the method of science, to thwart Science.

Truth is to fact as meaning is to definition? I suspect agreement on that question is needed before unpacking either the definition or meaning of the concept and /or qua concept that there is a discernible referent.

In principle , for the sake of argument, as a thought experiment etc ,yada, the external world could be mere appearance of a universe of entities whose attributes are not fully accessible to you the observer. Can an analogous proposition be made against awareness, could your awareness be manifest in other manner?

Sounds like Allister wears a red hat.

Thought I knew where I was going with that line, but I've lost the thread , lol. I went 'off' like half a full rooster.

Yours would be a strict materialism then , no ? It presupposes an ontologic discrete-ness, yes ?

So much fuckery and in plain sight. The FBI investigated whether or not the containers pulled out in the infamous video were suitcases or ‘bins’ fucking hell. ”it was the safest and most effective election to date”

Yes as to the level of indigenous adherents, but Shankarya widely associated with Advaita is a cultural touchstone because of his purported( various historical disputes with crediting) realignment of Vedic traditions in the sense of establishing Indian nationhood. Vikekananda called on that history in his advocacy of ending the British mandate. Kind of like in the US everybody 'knows' George Washington, but they aren't all or even many freemasons, lol. But also I think you are right in the that the philosophy is more known among seekers, just my fanboy buttons getting pushed, lol

I've just recently become familiar with Advaita and Indian philosophies/religions in general , and obviously a little infatuated lol. But I think I'd say that India is more aware of, and the myriad adjacent traditions and religious schools and their impact culturally on Indian society as a whole is probably bigger than O'ism is in the west. The 'guy' that introduced the US to all things Hindu, Swami Vivekananda, made a big splash at the world expo in Chicago in 1893 and set up Vedanta societies in America. He was also culturally and politically effective in the Indian nationalist movement. A quasi mythical personality credited with establishing Advaita Vedanta , Adi Shankaryra, just had a 108 foot tall statue installed at the historic site where it is said he taught . And apparently there is some kind of political strife involved with additional funding for more commemoration at the site, grumblings that can effect even Modi , if I'm seeing it right.

Atman is Brahman