?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=What+is+Real+%3F++Conscious+Experience+Seen+as+Basic+to+Ontology.+An+Overview%5C*&rft.creator=Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=%0AThe+idealist+attitude+followed+in+this+paper+is+based+on+the+assumption+that+only+conscious+experience%0Ain+the+Now+is+real.+Conscious+experience+in+the+Now+is+supposed+to+be+known+directly+or+intuitively%2C+it%0Acan+not+be+explained.+I+think+it+constitutes+t+he+basis+of+all+ontology.+Consciousness+is+conceived+as%0Athe+total+of+conscious+experience+in+the+Now%2C+the+ontology+of+consciousness+is+thus+derived+directly%0Afrom+the+basis.+The+ontology+of+nature+is+derived+more+indirectly+from+the+basis.+Science+is+regar+ded+as%0Aa+catalog+of+selected+conscious+experiences+(observations)%2C+acknowledged+to+be+scientific+and%0Astructured+by+means+of+concepts+and+theories+(also+regarded+as+conscious+experiences).+Material%0Aobjects+are+regarded+as+heuristic+concepts+constructed+fr+o+m+the+immediate+experiences+in+the+Now+and%0Auseful+for+expressing+observations+within+a+certain+domain+with+some+of+their+mutual+relations.+History%0Ais+also+regarded+as+a+construct+from+conscious+experiences+in+the+Now.+Concepts+of+worlds+without+an%0Aego+a+re+seen+to+be+in+harmony+with+immediate+egoless+experiences.+Worlds+including+spirituality+are%0Aconceived+as+based+on+immediate+spiritual+experiences+together+with+other+immediate+experiences.%0AIdealist+or+immaterial+philosophies+have+been+criticized+for+im+pl+ying+solipsism+or+%22solipsism+of+the%0Apresent+moment%22.+This+critique+is+countered+by+emphasizing+the+importance+of+intersubjectivity+for%0Ascience+and+by+introducing+the+more+precise+concepts+of+collective+conscious+experience+and+collective%0Aconscious+expe+rie+nce+across+time.+Comprehensive+evidence+supporting+the+heuristic+value+of+these%0Aconcepts+is+related.%0AI+conclude+that+the+idealist+approach+leads+to+a+coherent+comprehension+of+natural+science+including%0Amind-brain+relations%2C+while+the+mainstream+materi+alis+t+approach+entails+contradictions.and+other%0Aproblems+for+a+coherent+understanding.+The+idealist+approach+and+the+notion+of+collective+conscious%0Aexperience+also+facilitates+cross-cultural+studies+and+the+underestanding+of+intersubjectivity.%0A%0AK%5C&rft.date=2002-11&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2660%2F1%2Freality.html&rft.identifier=++Randrup%2C+Dr.+Axel++(2002)+What+is+Real+%3F+Conscious+Experience+Seen+as+Basic+to+Ontology.+An+Overview%5C*.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2660%2F