Semi-Idealism and Semi-Dualism

The purpose of this work is to bring out “semi-idealistic + semi-dualistic metaphysics” through the NSTP (Non – Spatial Thinking Process) theory. The NSTP theory is a (philosophy of mind) semi-idealistic as well as semi-dualistic theory that the material universe, where some peculiar phenomena like quantum non-locality exist in, is exclusively a group of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thinking processes existing in the form of (non-spatial physical/material) feelings (i.e. states of consciousness). In computer terminology, it regards the (material) universe as a non-spatial computer, with hardware of (non-spatial) feelings and software of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thoughts/ideas, including those of space, which is then an illusive/virtual/merely apparent entity. The mere existence of the superhuman thoughts is responsible for the empirical (i.e. a posteriori) order in the non-superhuman ones. The theory, however, accepts the possibility of the reality of space, the space whe re the phenomena like quantum non-locality do not exist in. The theory is constituted of 6 axioms, 1 theorem, and 3 conjectures. The key strength and novelty in the theory lies in its axiomatic/self-evident foundation, its innovative semi-idealism and semi-dualism, its idea of superhuman states of consciousness, its computational description of idealism, and, in general, its road to idealism and dualism.

Axiom 1: Feeling is non-spatial.
Axiom 2: Feeling is real and physical/material.
Axiom 3: Any experience, even an abstract thought I know I am having, is, in fact, a feeling.
Axiom 4: The self/I is ‘feeling’.
Axiom 5: The self/I is a stream of feelings.
Axiom 6: Every feeling represents some idea/concept/thought.

Theorem 1: The self/I is an NSTP (Non – Spatial Thinking Process).

Conjecture 1: Space, where the peculiar phenomena like quantum non-locality exist in, is mere (non-spatial) feeling.
Conjecture 2: Superhuman thoughts, representing the empirical laws (i.e. being responsible for the empirical order, e.g. gravity, quantum non-locality, etc., in the non-superhuman NSTP/s), exist in the form of (non-spatial) feelings.
Conjecture 3: There is a possibility of the reality of space, the space where the phenomena like quantum non-locality do not exist in.

The NSTP Theory's Semi-Idealism and Semi-Dualism -

1. The NSTP theory is semi-idealistic in that, though, alike (pure) (ontological) idealism, it reduces space to non-spatial mind, the space where the phenomena like quantum non-locality exist in, it conjectures a possibility of the reality of space, the space where the phenomena like quantum non-locality do not exist in, whereas (pure) (ontological) idealism accepts no possibility of the reality of space.

2. The NSTP theory is semi-dualistic in that, it reduces space, where the phenomena like quantum non-locality exist in, to non-spatial mind, whereas (pure) (mind-body) dualism accepts no such reduction. Also, unlike (pure) (mind-body) dualism, the non-spatial and the spatial (that possibly exists according to conjecture 3) ontologies in the NSTP theory bear no correlation with each other, for the former inv olves the phenomena like quantum non-locality, whereas the latter involves no such phenomena.

The NSTP Theory's Resemblance with Berkeley's Idealism and Descartes' Dualism -

1. The NSTP theory, as an idealistic theory, resembles Berkeley's idealism as the spatial material entities, even when, at times, not experienced by non-superhuman NSTP/s, exist because superhuman NSTPs exist, representing them, the spatial material entities, as ideas.

2. The NSTP theory, as a dualistic theory, resembles Descartes' Dualism as, within its axiomatic framework, it asserts the existence of non-spatial ontology with certainty, and, within its conjectural framework, it asserts the existence of spatial ontology with uncertainty.