Vindicating Plato
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research June 22, 2022 DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2022.44.007092 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Platonic forms are vindicated as scientific fact within Mocombe's theory of phenomenological structuralism and consciousness field theory, proposing that the facts and things of the multiverse exist independently of the human mind as forms in the "absolute vacuum," while the mind merely highlights and categorizes them to experience being-in-the-world. |
Abstract
This article vindicates the notion of Platonic forms within Mocombe's theory of phenomenological structuralism (PS).Mocombe uses his consciousness field theory to ground Plato's notions of forms as scientific fact.Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and things of the multiverse, which it attempts to reify and universalize through concepts of language and mathematics.So, the facts and things of the world exists, via what Mocombe calls the absolute vacuum, where they exist as Platonic forms, irrespective of the human mind, which simply highlights and categorizes them in order to experience being-in-the-world with others and things they encounter.