What's your view of determinism? I sort of presume that if you believe that MBTI has any validity you have to be at least a soft determinist, most recently I read up on the hard determinist thinking which is pretty predominant in a lot of the recent psychological research, some of it suggests that we're all totally relativisitic and all ethics are situational, while the rest of it suggests that research demonstrating how easily individuals under lab conditions make misattributions of their own importance in specific (orchestrated, although unknown to them) events that it is likely consciousness is an illusion altogether.
There are some other studies on the nature of altered states of consciousness and religious experience, including the "God helmet" experiments in which current passed through different parts of the brain triggers may of the religious experiences from scriptures or the history of the worlds religions. Perhaps that could be generalised beyond the religious sphere to other sorts of experience, attribution and explanation (I'm not arguing that religion is merely a result of physiological reactions or abreations btw).
Those things you'd believe if you were a hard determinist, I tend to be a soft determinist, I think that a deal is determined developmentally, sociologically (particularly to be honest) and psychologically but I still believe in the validity of free will, choice, personal responsibility and consequences as philosophical or normative precepts.
Without horror I do think that some people's lives will only amount to a cautionary tale for others, that is while they were perhaps made that way, not born that way and you dont blame the lettuce if it doesnt grow as expected serious violations of norms, mores and values shouldnt go unpunished or without consequence.
There are some other studies on the nature of altered states of consciousness and religious experience, including the "God helmet" experiments in which current passed through different parts of the brain triggers may of the religious experiences from scriptures or the history of the worlds religions. Perhaps that could be generalised beyond the religious sphere to other sorts of experience, attribution and explanation (I'm not arguing that religion is merely a result of physiological reactions or abreations btw).
Those things you'd believe if you were a hard determinist, I tend to be a soft determinist, I think that a deal is determined developmentally, sociologically (particularly to be honest) and psychologically but I still believe in the validity of free will, choice, personal responsibility and consequences as philosophical or normative precepts.
Without horror I do think that some people's lives will only amount to a cautionary tale for others, that is while they were perhaps made that way, not born that way and you dont blame the lettuce if it doesnt grow as expected serious violations of norms, mores and values shouldnt go unpunished or without consequence.
