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Descartes' Disconnection
- Descartes' philosophy created a disconnect between mind and body, mind and others, and mind and reality.
- This disconnection leads to an unstable sense of reality, swinging between positivism and romanticism.
The Need for Transformation
- We need a fundamental transformation to address current crises, but traditional religion and secular solutions seem inadequate.
- This creates a need for a solution that is neither fully religious nor fully secular.
Kant's Copernican Revolution
- Kant questioned why math effectively describes reality, challenging the prevailing view.
- He proposed that mathematical properties are not inherent in the world but are imposed by the mind to make sense of experience.