Searching for God-reduction of being

"The right of existence of the Parmenidean idea of being, τό
όν, and not being, τό μή όν, in philosophical thought cannot
be disputed. However, the preoccupation of virtually all
major philosophical works with it has always puzzled me.
Plato’s philosophy may be a footnote to Parmenides, and a
large part of western philosophy may in part be a footnote to
Platonic ideas. I am not referring to the impact that the
original conception has had on the recognition by natural
scientists, e.g. Galileo Galilei, that a formal language
independent of sensate impression is necessary for
describing nature; this has been a contribution of vast
significance. I would like, however, to shift the focus from
Parmenidean-Platonic schema to empirically identified
mechanisms of formal systems such as logic and
mathematics (I do not mean here formal systems, ad hoc or
not, that have proven to 'fit' natural phenomena). To
elaborate, the fact that the nervous system of animals and
humans from the first steps in its evolution contains
mechanisms for logic as well as mechanisms for building
symbols, categories and higher concepts may necessitate
changes in how we view philosophical ideas of old; it may
be necessary to cast these ideas in light of concepts that have
emerged from natural science."

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