The Fading Art of Philosophy – The Coffeelicious — thecoffeelicious.com

These practical actions that comprise our visible lives — work, school, art, play, eating, hobbies — whether or not we’re interested in philosophy or consciousness, are still acting on their behalf. Our actions, large and small, carry the subliminal telos that they will somehow improve upon where we are now. They will contribute value to our experience of life. And that experience of life, as previously noted, is entirely mediated via our consciousness. Therefore, we’re always implicitly seeking to add value to our consciousness. Our lives are a process of cultivating consciousness — what Metzinger calls our “experiential space” — into a more habitable domain. Sam Harris puts it succinctly:

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