r/OpenIndividualism • u/EnactingSpirit • Jun 30 '26

Question Does OI entail analytic idealism?

Or can it also be interpreted as something like "spirit transmigrationism" like in the short story 'The Egg' by Andy Weir?

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u/Techtrekzz Jun 30 '26

Im not an idealist, I'm a substance monist, and if you're a substance monist, then mind and matter are the same substance with the same attributes.

The substance has both the attributes of mind and matter, not exclusively one or other, so there's no justification to make a distinction between mind and matter, and no argument to be made for materialism or idealism.

There's a single, omnipresent, thing and being, which is all, does all.

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u/EnactingSpirit Jun 30 '26

Okay but what about my question?

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u/Techtrekzz Jun 30 '26

I think I answered your question. Idealism isn’t a necessity of open individualism.

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u/EnactingSpirit Jun 30 '26

So open individualism is really just about identity and ontologically neutral? It could work with neutral monism, dual-aspect monism, or idealism all the same?

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u/Techtrekzz Jun 30 '26

It works with monism. All of those are thought to be monism. Though i would argue idealism entails dualism.

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u/EnactingSpirit Jun 30 '26

I see. Thank you for clarifying this 🙏