John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Fused. No substrate beneath the process—'density' is a CoD at a given resolution. The CoD is primitive; what appears as substance is a mode—a measure—of it. 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I've moved my philosophical writing exclusively to Mastodon, where I have 500 characters to explore ideas properly. Follow me there for content on the ontology and philosophy of existence and governance: 🔗 @johnmackay@mastodon.social This account is no longer active. Thanks for reading! 👋 030
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Just added an RSS feed 🔊 to my site for those who prefer keeping up without the algorithms 👁🗨 Get new posts delivered directly to your reader at: www.johnmackay.net/rss.xml #RSS #Feed #IPhilosophy 030
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Testing my automated social media poster! 🤖 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0070… #Testing #Automation #Bluesky #Mastodon 140
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Why does the ontology of Parmenides dismiss the entire world of change as an illusion and is it necessary? 👉 Find out here: www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Ontology #Philosophy #Realityjohnmackay.netParmenidesA comparative analysis between Parmenides and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 22/02/2026What if the Daoism is mistaken? What if the world of distinct things and constant change is not a fallen state but the engine of reality itself. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Change #Metaphysics #Ontologyjohnmackay.netDaoismA comparative analysis between Daoism and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 21/02/2026What if the Daoism is mistaken? What if the world of distinct things and constant change is not a fallen state but the engine of reality itself. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Change #Metaphysics #Ontologyjohnmackay.netDaoismA comparative analysis between Daoism and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Heraclitus said you can't step in the same river twice, anchoring the flow of all things in a hidden unifying hand called the Logos. The CoD model asks whether the Logos is needed? 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Philosophy #Reality #Transformationjohnmackay.netHeraclitusA comparative analysis between Heraclitus and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Confucian harmony vs. an ontology of pure relation. Can ethics exist without a pre-existing Dao? Discover how the Conference of Difference reframes 2,500 years of thought. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Ethics #Philosophy #Societyjohnmackay.netConfucianism/RuismA comparative analysis between Confucianism/Ruism and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 31/01/2026🧠 Early Buddhism vs. the Conference of Difference: Where does the self end and existence begin? A deep comparative analysis of ontology, impermanence, and the nature of being. 🔗 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Buddhism #Ontology #Philosophyjohnmackay.netEarly BuddhismA comparative analysis between Early Buddhism and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 24/01/2026| Jainism vs. Modern Process Ontology | When do metaphysical assumptions become a liability? 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Metaphysics #Ontology #Philosophyjohnmackay.netJainismThis analysis highlights the CoD's distinctive capacity to ground radical pluralism and dynamic relationality without requiring the foundational, pre-defined categorical unities upon which Jainism's… 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 17/01/2026👿 What if evil isn't a primordial spirit, but a breakdown within the conference of difference? This week we compare Zoroastrianism with the CoD model of ontology. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c... #Ontology #Philosophy #Zoroastrianismjohnmackay.netZoroastrianismA comparative analysis between Zoroastrianism and the Conference of Difference models of ontology. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 10/01/2026We've been taught the soul is a private spark within us. But what if it's not inside you at all? Discover a vision of the soul as the shared impression woven between our inner self and the outer world. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-the-soul.... #Ontology #Philosophy #Religionjohnmackay.netOn the soulThe impression we weave and leave behind 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 03/01/2026🔁 Transformation isn't just change—it's existence itself. From ancient wisdom to modern insight, discover why we are verbs, not nouns. Read "On Transformation": www.johnmackay.net/on-transform... #Transformation #Philosophy #Existencejohnmackay.netOn transformationThe engine of existence. 030
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 27/12/2025What if salvation isn’t in heaven, but in how reality holds itself together? Read why salvation is not a metaphysical end but a living process. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-salvation... #ontology #philosophy 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Ever feel like "you scratch my back..." has an invisible price tag? What if reciprocity isn't just social but how the universe holds itself together? Explore the regulating principle of existence. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-reciproci... #Philosophy #Ontology #Reciprocity 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Is the hunger for power a flaw, or your most human trait? Why wanting it is only the first step. Read it now: www.johnmackay.net/on-power.htm #Power #Philosophy #Ontologyjohnmackay.netOn powerThe currency of existence. 120
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 06/12/2025What if meaning isn't something you find, but something you are? Discover a radical new view in our latest article. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-meaning.htm #epistemology #ontology #philosophyjohnmackay.netOn meaningThe action to intend 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Ever had a belief you knew was true, only to find out you were completely wrong? It's not your fault. It's how knowing works. I wrote about the beautiful, liberating reason why. Read it here 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-knowing.htm #epistemology #ontology #philosophy 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Is religion's bad rap its just desserts? 🤔 My latest article examines the line between defensible faith and imperialism. Where do you stand? 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-religion.... #God #Philosophy #Religion 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 22/11/2025"Religion is not a puzzle for the intellect to solve, nor a system to critique." I'm sorry Alison but that's literally what led Baha'u'llah to create his own religion. 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Thank you Alison. I delved a little deeper into Bahá'u'lláh with the result that the Bahá'í Faith received a reference in this weeks article here: www.johnmackay.net/on-religion..... Best regards, John.johnmackay.netOn ReligionThe imperialism of taste 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 15/11/2025God isn’t a supreme being—God is the process that transforms existence. Discover the 'conference of difference' and a God we can’t ignore, avoid, or deny. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-god.htm #God #Metaphsyics #Religion 120
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 08/11/2025🤔 Do you control your choices, or do they control you? Take a deep-dive into Free will 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-freedom.htm #Freedom #FreeWill #Philosophyjohnmackay.netOn FreedomArticle 3 of a 10-part series dedicated to ontology, refuting metaphysical freedom and redefining it as the probabilistic activity within the bound process of the conference of difference. 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 01/11/2025🧠 Forget everything you think you know about belief. It's not faith or psychology—it's the primordial "grant of leave" that permits being itself to unfold. The second article in my ontology series is live. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-belief.htm #Metaphysics #ConferenceOfDifference #Philosophyjohnmackay.netOn BeliefArticle 2 of a 10-part series dedicated to ontology, redefining belief as the ontological 'grant of leave' that enables the conference of difference 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Forget substances. From quantum fields to your thoughts, reality is a verb. How does "Conference of Difference" redefine existence? #Ontology #Philosophy #Science 👉 www.johnmackay.net/on-being.htm 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 18/10/2025What if the universe is fundamentally made of verbs, not nouns? The photon isn't a "thing" but a process we've been miscategorizing for a century. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/ballerina-an... #language #philosophy #physics 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Thank you so much. The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt it is. Hope Santa's listening and by that I mean my wife and/or kids 😉 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Thank you for that Alison. Do you know if there's a good source to read her thoughts on that? If so, it might be appropriate for me to acknowledge her concerns in the article. 😊 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Ideology doesn't promote thinking.🧠 It stops it. Read: Ideology: When the Map Obscures the Territory. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/ideology.htm #ideology #ontology #philosophy 110
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Discover the single most important idea you're missing about yourself. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/who-am-i.htm #life #philosophy #self 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 27/09/2025⛔️ What if there is no 'now'? ⛔️ What if 'now' is an illusion born of a far deeper process? Read: Past & Future - Beyond the block universe. 👉 www.johnmackay.net/past-and-fut... #Philosophy #Physics #Time 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Spent my first 21 years in NZ before moving back home to Oz Wouldn't want to have grown-up anywhere else. 🙂 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I should also declare that I use the word 'secular' to disambiguate myself from my namesake i.e. the young earth creationist who runs Creation Research. 🙄 100
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Thank you. 🙏 Whilst my approach to ontology is secular, I think the revelation that the conference of difference is the constant expression principal to existence brings us closer to knowing God than we have ever been. 200
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Is the universe a clockwork or a casino? A new article argues it's neither. Discover the "Conference of Difference" model that resolves the ancient feud between determinism and probability. www.johnmackay.net/architecture... #philosophy #metaphysics #science 150
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 17/09/2025All existence is a conference of difference, a 'condition of bearing together' transforming the 'condition of bearing apart'. This is the Gospel (God spell) of Being; everything else is commentary. 😉 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 13/09/2025✴️ Metaontology: What are the real rules behind every debate about #God, #truth, or #reality? Metaontology isn't just #philosophy—it's the hidden code of our arguments. Learn to crack it. 🙂 www.johnmackay.net/metaontology... 120
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025What if all existence is a conference of difference, a 'condition of bearing together' transforming the 'condition of bearing apart'. Something like: ∃ = {∆} 😊 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025And sometimes, just sometimes people want clarity and there's nothing authoritarian about it and yes, I'm speaking to you Quantum Mechanics 😜 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025"...true hospitality is not transactional—it is spiritual presence. It’s not something you do, but something you are." Amen. 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The secular ontology espoused in the Gospel of Being acknowledges a parallel trinity of sorts, not as Father, Son and Holy Spirit but as Cause, Effect and Essence. 🙏 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Scalia's comment assumes nothing changes and yet everything does.😔 000
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025"...how we talk about collapse matters just as much as that we talk about it." 030
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Interesting read especially clarification that the fires of ghenna was not hell but instead where rubbish was burned outside the city walls.🤔 030
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 11/09/2025💡Modern Khans💡 They see themselves as emperors. The state uses them as cut-outs. Take a deep-dive into the symbiotic pathology undermining society—and the way out. ➡️ www.johnmackay.net/modern-khans... #Democracy #Government #Tyranny 010
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Feeling separate? Quantum physics says think again! 🤯 Entanglement isn't just spooky science; it's the universe whispering you're part of a vast, interconnected "Conference of Difference." Dive into the mind-bending truth of reality! www.johnmackay.net/quantum-onto... #philosophy #quantumphysics 040
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 30/08/2025🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨: Social / Institutional Ontology Are institutions cast in stone or process? We examine all sides from East to West. Read 👉 www.johnmackay.net/social-insti... #philosophy #ontologyjohnmackay.netSocial / Institutional OntologyInstitutionalising process vs outcomes. 020
John Mackay @johnmackay61.bsky.social · 29/08/2025#ChatGPT refusing to explain what violates #OpenAI image policy is like the police arresting you and refusing to tell you why!? It's beyond dystopian, it's insane. 030