Philosophy over Science
Cooperation over Coercion
Love over Hate

Henry H. Lindner, MD

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What do you call the act of creating and criticizing theories of the causes of things?  What do you call the human effort to understand himself and the Cosmos?  Science?  Wrong.  The archetype of modern Science is Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Theory.  These are mere models of the observer’s consciousness—his sensations and measurements.  They do not attempt to get beyond conscious experiences to model or explain the Cosmos itself.  In Relativity and Quantum theory, the only reality is the observer's experience.   Science is a truncated, emasculated version of philosophy created to allow mankind to pursue its curiosity about technical matters while protecting its religious and political dogmas from the threat of philosophy

So what do we call our attempts to go beyond experience--our attempt to explain the Cosmos what exists and the causes of our experiences?  Religion?  Well, religions were serious attempts to explain everything, back when they were created.  Unfortunately, they are belief systems that could not evolve with the advance of knowledge; they are fossils.  What would we call a religion if it never became dogmatic, if it grew and changed with the advance of knowledge?  What would we call a religion that didn't make obvious errors like using animalian or human analogies to explain the origin and nature of the Cosmos itself?  What would we call a religion that integrated all the facts and all our best theories of causes into a unified model of the Cosmos, human nature, and human life?

There is a name for such an open-ended, natural religion: from the time of its invention by the Ionian Greeks in the 7th century BC, it has been called "philosophy".  You would think that mankind would revel in this open-ended, ever improving, non-sectarian religion, but such has not been the case.  In fact, philosophy has always been suppressed, reviled, belittled, and ignored.  No religion has ever been so abused.  It is slandered as mere unsupported belief, soft-headed mysticism, or a form of art. In our schools, it is reduced either to its history, to useless speculation about the meaning of words, or to a "dialogue" about morality.  What our culture calls “philosophy” is a mere fossil, a remnant of the most powerful use of our minds.  

Philosophy is the full, uninhibited use of our language-based intelligence to criticize and create theories of the causes of all Cosmic phenomena.   Philosophy is our attempt to integrate the facts of experience and to understand the Cosmos and ourselves.  Philosophy is the use of our minds to reach beyond our sensations and measurements and grasp the nature of existence and the causes of all phenomena--in every science.  Philosophy uses scientific methods and mathematics plus all the other tools of theoretical cognition.  Philosophy pays no respect to ideas that are not consistent with the evidence and/or do not sufficiently explain the evidence.

Philosophy is the natural religion of all mankind—our only hope for a peaceful and prosperous future together on Earth and among the stars. 

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On Philosophy, Science, and the Cosmos

  1. Philosophy over Science - An exposé of the origins and intellectual inadequacy of our "Science" which accepts contradictions in its ideas and doesn't form coherent theories of the causes of things.
  2. Beyond Consciousness to Cosmos:  Beyond Relativity and Quantum Theory to Cosmic Theory - An exposé of the philosophical errors made by Einstein, and an argument for going beyond Relativity to a physical theory of the Cosmos.  (PDF document)
  3. Etherism over Relativity – A draft for the follow-up to “Beyond Consciousness..”.  It begins the task of formulating physical concepts for a new Cosmology and contains the “Flowing Space” paper below.
  4. Flowing Space - A detailed presentation of a new theory of space and motion that fits the facts.  This simple model allows you to understand why Relativity’s equations work and how gravity works.
  5. Physical Implications of Flowing Space - I do the best I can to work out the implications of this physical theory of space.  This is just a glimpse of the kinds of questions that will occupy the minds of future theoretical physicists.
  6. Etherism over Atomism- The flying photon is the product of Einstein's subjectivistic method.  It cannot explain most aspects of light's behavior.  Eliminate subjectivism and the photon theory of light and one can eliminate all the paradoxes and confusion of Quantum Theory.
  7. Against Quantum Theory -- A brief proof that light does not consist of flying particles
  8. Hierarchical Cosmism -- subtitled "What God Is and How It became Us".  My first writing project that started me on my philosophical journey.  The fact that I needed to do this indicates how fragmented and unintegrated Science is.  I simply described how Cosmic processes have been and continue to be organized in new ways, creating new levels of complexity. I realized that it's a powerful tool for organizing our understanding--it's an unfinished outline of all current and potential knowledge!  The major levels of Cosmic evolution are:  Astrophysicochemical, Biological, Neuropsychological(animals) Linguomythic (ancient human), and Consciophilosophical (our potential).
  9. Beyond Relativity -- Powerpoint presentation given to Delaware Astronomical Society on 2/21/06

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On Human Life and Society

  1. Children and Childrearing -- We must grant children all the rights of any adult, in addition to meeting their need for protection, aid, and love.
  2. Consensualism over Coercionism -- Two incompatible moralities--only one is fit for human beings.
  3. The Modern Parenting Dilemma -- We are pouring new wine into old bottles.
  4. On Ted Kaczynski and the delusions of modern psychiatry
  5. On Schooling (coerced learning) vs. Unschooling (self-motivated learning) -- we must separate school and state and integrate children into our society.  The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution outlaws involuntary servitude, except for crimes committed.  Truancy law forces every child into school where he is punished if he does not follow orders. What crimes have children committed?
  6. So You Want to be a Philosopher? -- A how-to essay.  Hint: It has nothing to do with any degrees or any courses offered in any school.

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Consider That:

We are all one species living on one planet.  If we allow anyone person or group to commit violence against any other person or group, we destroy the moral basis of our peaceful coexistence and put everyone at risk.  We must condemn the initiation and maintenance of violence everywhere at all times, including the covert forms of violence like slavery and occupation.  We must employ every means available to stop the perpetrator, including force if necessary.

Human children are not born evil, they're born immature; just like puppies, kittens, and all other animals.  We should satisfy their needs and gently guide their self-motivated development; not force them into adult forms of thought and behavior.

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