Hard materialism rides too heavily on disposition which is the relationship of ‘body’ and ‘cognition’, however, disposition is only one half of the story. Vague spiritualism rides too heavily on agency which is the relationship of ‘mind’ and ‘cognition’, however, agency is only one half of the story. It leads to confusion in theses of hard materialism, vague spiritualism, and centralism inaccuracy.
hard materialism: is the ideological position which conceives human behaviour only as disposition. A hard materialist cannot conceive any legitimate meaning in either western or eastern traditions of the word and semantic, ‘Spirit’ or ‘spirits’.
vague spiritualism: is the ideological position which conceives human behaviour too less materialistic and over-spiritualises wilful (agency) human actions. A vague spiritualist is ignorant of their muddled thinking, with the lack of clear references to ‘Spirit’ or ‘spirits’.
centralism inaccuracy: An accurate centralism is the ideological position which conceives human behaviour between the talk/beliefs of hard materialism and vague spiritualism. However, this accuracy is not easy to achieve. At a technical level of describing and/or explaining a material or a spirit/ethos, mistakes are easy to be made, as a matter of logic and critical thinking. The aim is to be inclusive in the scoping of questions and answers, while holding correct definitions related to the specific context. The difficulty is also understanding the personalism of the context. Centering a heathy relationship requires correctly understanding the contextual set of human actions, to speak correctly of our own intentions and the intentions of others.
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