Understanding Epistemology from a Spiritual Perspective

[ardacigin]

This following video is for people who try to understand the difference between 'experiential insights', theories and beliefs. Prior to understanding this, one needs to understand how we know what we know to be true. Here is a VERY short but high-quality video about what epistemology is all about.

As described in the video, all human beings have implicit assumptions about what is considered as valid knowledge. What knowledge 'is' is already biased by our implicit assumptions about how we perceive language-based knowledge.

Do you see language-based truth as relativistic social constructs? That is an epistemological claim. This mindset will make you curious about how non-language perception can be possible. This directly leads to investigation within spiritual methods like psychedelics and meditation.

Do you see language-based truth and/or knowledge as something that is waiting to be discovered in the world out there? As an absolute? That is an epistemological claim. And this will turn into disdain of any method which doesn't involve scientific measurements. Because of this implicit assumption, many scientific people make fun of spiritual methods denying they can be valid ways of investigating reality.

 Hope this was a good intro to epistemology from a spiritual understanding.

Let me know your thoughts down below. 

 

Edited July 13, 2019 by ardacigin

[Mu_]

Really nice video outlining these concepts.  I just made a video breaking down the self imposed idea's with in the umbrella of these fields through the investigation of what is a question?  Very rough around the edges honestly and I think in time I'll be able to better flush out what I'm pointing to, because its still something I'm new to and trying to explain.  Curious about your thoughts ardacigin, lol its definitely a party pooper.

 

 

[ardacigin]

6 hours ago, Mu_ said:

Really nice video outlining these concepts.  I just made a video breaking down the self imposed idea's with in the umbrella of these fields through the investigation of what is a question?  Very rough around the edges honestly and I think in time I'll be able to better flush out what I'm pointing to, because its still something I'm new to and trying to explain.  Curious about your thoughts ardacigin, lol its definitely a party pooper.

 

 

Pretty good. If you structure the script and memorize certain topic points, it would flow better. But it is a great start  

[Mu_]

On 7/14/2019 at 3:03 AM, ardacigin said:

Pretty good. If you structure the script and memorize certain topic points, it would flow better. But it is a great start  

Thanks for the feedback, your right, it probably would, however at the time I didn't really know what these would be labeled as within human terminology.