At the foundations of the world there exists, not a mathematical system that moves, but what created and sustains the mathematical system that moves. I.e. consciousness and creativity are what exist at the foundations of the world.
But male dominated philosophy has debased both the concept of creativity/ free will and the concept of consciousness. In particular, the late Daniel Dennett debased the idea of creativity/ free will, and David Chalmers has debased the idea of consciousness.
Dennett:
His vast volumes of verbiage can’t hide the fact that Daniel Dennett is essentially saying that a mathematical or other outcome, that is as determined as the path of a ball rolling down an incline, must now be allowed to be redefined as “creativity” or “free will”. One is reminded of the George Orwell book “1984”, which paints a picture of a doublethink world: “… impudently claiming that black is white … a loyal willingness to say that black is white … the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary.”. Daniel Dennett has debased the idea of creativity/ free will.
Chalmers:
Similarly, former-mathematician David Chalmers’ vast volumes of verbiage have debased the idea of consciousness. His “consciousness” is a feeble superficial feeling, which is totally unnecessary in the scheme of things, because he in effect says that the world would function perfectly well with just zombies. This is a view of the world that would be typical for a mathematician.
But in fact, it is clear that feelings, emotions, and emotionless thoughts are just the form that consciousness/ knowledge takes, the way that consciousness/ knowledge presents itself.
And in fact, consciousness is a necessary and separate aspect of the world because the existence of something does not imply consciousness/ knowledge of its existence. I.e. the existence of categories, mathematical relationships, and numbers at the foundations of the world does not imply consciousness/ knowledge of their existence. But at a foundational level, the world needs to be conscious of/ know what its own particular and distinct categories, mathematical relationships, and numbers are, out of all the theoretically possible categories, mathematical relationships, and numbers that could exist.
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While consciousness and creativity are what created and sustains the underlying, moving mathematical system, male philosophers like Daniel Dennett and David Chalmers have debased the concept of creativity/ free will and the concept of consciousness.
