Inner Life, Talks and Thoughts Synchronicity and Carl Jung’s metaphysics. #CollectiveUnconscious #GermanIdealism #BernardoKastrup
Mar 20, 2023
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Psychology's Metaphysical Void
- Psychology today suffers from a lack of metaphysical reflection, leading to a proliferation of theories and a replication crisis.
- This stems from focusing on method and experience without understanding their relation to wider reality.
Jung's Idealism
- Bernardo Kastrup's work is valuable for rooting Jung's psychology in a particular tradition, German Idealism.
- Jung was initially ambivalent about committing to one metaphysics, but later revealed his idealist leanings.
Synchronicity over Causality
- Synchronicity, according to Jung, is the fundamental dynamic of life, not cause and effect.
- Cause and effect are merely a subset of synchronicity, which involves sympathies and felt connections.