So my daughter squeals every time she sees a spider. I might conclude that *squeal* means "spider", or I might conclude that *squeal* means "I'm frigh...
Can the existence of beauty, of any value, of oases and mirages, of rainbows, of other minds, of one's own mind? Let's eliminate from the discussion a...
Psyche and Sophia are equally divine. If you ask the gods whether they believe in god, you are liable to get as biased an answer as if you ask a morta...
It's not infallible, but anytime you hear someone going on about how they truly mean it honestly, from the heart of their bottom or whatever, you can ...
I think this is special pleading. Take a simple conflict. I like ice-cream, but it makes me fat. Which is rational, liking ice-cream or not liking fat...
It's rainbows.Yes and no. I simply say God is as real/unreal as you and me. Personally in practice I behave as if I am real regardless of affirmations...
Wasn't taking you for a smarts at all. Yes indeed, psyche is the divine self, and that is my main suggestion, that it behooves us to be rather cautiou...
What does 'direct experience' mean? One brings terms into question here and there. Earlier, I wondered if anyone was inclined to say that rainbows exi...
Yes, I can sympathise. judgement is commonly considered the province of the thinker, the rational faculty. But while rationality can make the measurem...
Yes, rainbows are like God? Yes, the existence of rainbows is properly basic? Yes, rainbows are like hands? Yes, we have no bananas? Help me out a bit...
I think you were right the first time. I think every emotion is a judgement. To have an emotion is to give a damn. To call it uncomfortable is already...
When I see a rainbow and am prompted to believe the rainbow exists, is this a properly basic belief, that is an elaboration upon the details of the ex...
So shame and guilt are moral emotions and moral emotions are those that affect relationship with others, that is to say social relations, and the bibl...
You see this just sounds like pontification of the most dogmatic kind. How can an emotion be moral or non moral, what even is it for something to be m...
Well I am confused too. Disentangle tribal pressure from morality for me. You see again, you seem to think you are talking about facts; you are aware ...
Why are you discussing facts? Do they not speak for themselves? These are not facts. This is a distinction you are making that has some merit in terms...
That is already the other speaking, rejecting the analysis. You don't have to work out how you feel. So take yourself seriously here; start drawing, p...
What is properly basic, is what one cannot do without. God, Nature, man. Superego, id, ego. Daddy, Mummy, child. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Three,...
If it is not physical, then it is meaningful. A presence that pressures and manipulates. (you say) If it's in your head, it's you; an aspect of yourse...
I does kind remind me of the adage about how to make a small fortune in agriculture - start with a large one. But aside from having a super-wealthy in...
It seems to me that variety of funding and ownership is conducive to a balance of media. So if we have some media owned by the rich, some owned by the...
If you want to start an education thread sometime, I'll likely be all over it. in the meantime, I'll just mention J Krishnamurti, A. S. Neil, Paulo Fr...
Yes, absolutely. The example I like is which side of the road one drives on. I seems not to matter which side it is, as long as everyone settles on on...
Yes, sometimes one cannot see it, as sometimes it is dark. But in the first place, one does not need to be taught. Exactly! Once you remove the (m)oth...
One can learn without being taught. One sees quite easily when one has hurt someone, and one quite naturally regrets it and seeks to comfort. This sen...
Yes, I think we are about in agreement here. It is hard to disentangle because the language of feeling is always associated with behaviour that is ver...
I think if you cannot reach the first line of the piece I linked at the beginning, you are going to be at a disadvantage in this thread. I don't think...
I think this is the same aspect; there is no difference between socialisation and the dictatorship of public opinion apart from approval/disapproval. ...
It is not a complement to be called "shameless". In fact it is a way of shaming someone. You should be ashamed of yourself! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
I don't think so. One can use virtue as almost synonymous with 'property' - one might talk of the different virtues of kinds of wood or medicines, and...
It may be the way most people use the word, and it may be the conventional meaning of the word, and you may have a superior understanding of the relat...
Yes, that might be a better way to put things, but it is almost too precise for me here. It smacks of abstract theory rather than the way we actually ...
So we already have the conflicted tripartite psyche that is a feature of every psychological theory: mind body spirit; ego id superego; parent child a...
There's lots of interesting stuff here, not least the question of distinguishing shame from guilt, which is something that has exercised many before u...
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