It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can deny that mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience, and all else is remote inference - inference either intuitive or deliberate.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Though hard for physicists to accept, mind is the most direct experience we have, while everything else is inferred.
- In plain terms
- Mind is what we know best; matter is just an inference from it.
- What can you take from it?
- Prioritize direct experience over inferred reality when questioning nature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is more real: experience or inference?
- Can we trust mind as foundation?
Another view
Direct experience does not prove mind is the fundamental substrate of reality.
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