Deep Psychology Deeply Questioning the Materialistic Paradigm
Feb 17, 2026
A provocative challenge to the materialistic worldview and its hidden assumptions. Short takes on how calling things physical can become a self-referential loop. Thoughts on how concepts lock belief and why sensory experience may oversimplify reality. A striking reminder that most matter is empty space and what that mismatch might mean.
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Physicality Is A Self-Referential Claim
- Ross Edwards shows that declaring something physical relies on assuming physicality itself.
- This creates a self-referential loop that prevents independent justification of materialism.
Let Go To Truly Question Beliefs
- Let go of pre-existing concepts if you want to genuinely question them.
- Ross Edwards warns that you cannot question a belief while clinging to it.
Experience vs Metaphysical Claims
- Ross Edwards acknowledges we experience life as physical because that structure enables living.
- He distinguishes experiential physicality from metaphysical claims about what the world ultimately is.