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Originally Posted by photon
It's still a belief system. A belief system is a set of mutually supportive beliefs. A belief is a psychological state where an individual holds a premise to be true. One's view of reality is a belief system (unless they deny reality exists, which in itself is still a statement of reality that they hold to be true so it's still a belief system).
Of course, though I'd say it's even more than a tool, it's more like the river we swim in. Without reason there IS no way to interact with reality, no consciousness, because then "Love is a virtue" and "purple monkey diswasher" have equal validity as truth statements about the smell of 5. There can be no structure or communication without reason.
Never claimed that it was. It can inform your needs and wants. I feel this discomfort inside, prior experience tells me that it can be satiated by putting stuff in my mouth, so I need and want food. That depends on reason, even defining your needs and wants depends on reason.
But just because our needs and wants don't originate from reason, doesn't mean they originate from a life force.
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Yeah, in your terms I'm speaking of the spiritual heart. At least not the physical heart but it is still something that I feel. Not like a feeling but something tangible.
As far as it being a belief system, it's more like you get in your car with the belief that it will get you where you want to go. Providing you have a decent vehicle, it will mostly work out. I have a good vehicle.
If you want to take it too extremes everything is based on a belief. Myself I believe I'm here and exist in this world but I imagine some could make a good argument that I don't, it still doesn't make it true.
Yeah sure reason is a tool we need, it just shouldn't be in charge.
Back to the life force, I'm guessing you're not conscious of it, so you say it doesn't exist. I am conscious of it, so I say it does exist.