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Grre

['Member']Joined: March 23, 2019 at 03:24Last active: November 05, 2022 at 21:2613 discussions183 comments
Location: Canada

Bio

writing and researching about philosophy of various subjects including fish (minds), education (literacy), autism, drugs, existentialism/absurdism, systems theory, and rad politics,

Favourite Philosopher

Albert Camus, Sartre, Ernest Becker, Antonio Gramsci, De Beauvoir, Thoreau, Emma Goldman, Christopher Hitchens, Orson Scott Card, George Orwell, Thomas Nagel, Andrea Dworkin, Naomi Wolf,

Favourite Quotations

"Philosophy is for those who have moved beyond any simple certainty"-George Grant

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live"-Thoreau

"[Philosophy] is the only work which gives me any real satisfaction"-Wittgenstein

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering… these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love… these are what we stay alive for.”-Walt Whitman

Discussions (13)

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In: Indigenous Philosophy Resources  — view comment
To reply to both of you - I did indeed finish the work and I was quite happy with it. I received a decent mark for it (87% which roughly translates to...
December 12, 2021 at 23:05
In: The theory of animal culture  — view comment
You should look into some work on post-humanism...start with the book Straw Dogs for an interesting philosophical overview, and then consider some mor...
June 23, 2021 at 13:23
In: Is humanity in deep trouble?  — view comment
You should look up some post humanist thinkers to answer this question. Homo Deus and 21 Lessons from the 21st Century are excellent speculatory books...
June 16, 2021 at 15:45
In: Indigenous Philosophy Resources  — view comment
Thank you for both your suggestions! It seems like there was some comments made on this post which I'm now unable to view, however I can see the summa...
June 16, 2021 at 15:43
In: Help a newbie out  — view comment
Welcome to philosophy! I remember feeling overwhelmed when I took my first philosophy class back in high school I had no idea where to begin, even now...
March 20, 2021 at 20:29
In: Who wants to read Thomas Picketty "Capital and Ideology"  — view comment
Well good news for you, I actually only read a chapter or so of it before I ended up getting a job which took the rest of my time. I'm open to continu...
February 08, 2021 at 21:51
In: Why Do Few Know or Care About the Scandalous Lewis Carroll Reality?  — view comment
OP thinks that people should be more disturbed that the writer of children's books may have been a sexual child predator. A better question for the OP...
January 23, 2021 at 23:02
In: Why Do Few Know or Care About the Scandalous Lewis Carroll Reality?  — view comment
Can we judge people from previous eras with the moral standards we now see as wrong? If the answer is yes, then you will be quite limited in your rang...
January 23, 2021 at 22:59
In: Depressed with Universe Block (and Multiverse)  — view comment
Ya I mean, when I think of multiverse I think of infinite universes with infinite possibilities for conception. So if I do exist in Universe 1 and Uni...
November 09, 2020 at 20:45
In: Help Understanding (and Refuting Descartes) on Animal Minds  — view comment
My understanding of the severed head dilemma, especially in chickens, is that nerves in the body take awhile to die, hence involuntary motor actions. ...
November 09, 2020 at 16:30
In: Depressed with Universe Block (and Multiverse)  — view comment
Don't worry. I once got very high and had this exact same sensation, it was terrifying and nauseating. I was with a group of people and they were talk...
November 09, 2020 at 16:15
In: Help Understanding (and Refuting Descartes) on Animal Minds  — view comment
The course is on early modern era philosophers, so we have covered a variety of different thinkers and theories from that area such as Bacon, Spinoza,...
October 28, 2020 at 13:15
In: What School of Philosophy is This?  — view comment
I think what you're describing is closer to constructivism or nihilism. Constructivism highlights that most things are human inventions-that is that t...
August 01, 2020 at 14:59
In: Lets Talk Ayn Rand  — view comment
Funny you assume I am a man! For the record nowhere in my original post includes me "asking if I should like Rand"...far from it, I only asked for som...
June 18, 2020 at 22:51
In: Thoughts on Thomas Nagel  — view comment
I've never read that book! Looks like I will have to check it out. If you don't mind me asking did Nagel reply? I was considering writing him to thank...
June 18, 2020 at 12:40
In: Thoughts on Thomas Nagel  — view comment
I will look at that thread, but seeing as subjectivity is an area in which I have been spending the last year or so casually studying I'm not sure how...
June 18, 2020 at 12:05
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
@"TheArchitectOfTheGods" Philosophy rarely says anything is absolutely anything, let alone such as assumption of that. Are you an expert in sociology,...
April 28, 2020 at 17:46
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
I'm not disagreeing, but for the sake of discussion-since this seems to be a prominent point being discussed here. All decisions of an anarchist group...
April 25, 2020 at 22:07
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
I apologize if I made anything more unclear for you. However its good that we both can see how the two-party system is toxic.
April 25, 2020 at 19:38
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
You've hit upon one of the many crises of todays politics, which I also see-leading to the political apathy the pervades many people, especially minor...
April 25, 2020 at 14:02
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
I would argue that feminism is intrinsically implied in Anarchist principles-seeing as they seek to dissolve all power structures and return power to ...
April 25, 2020 at 13:50
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
Ya, I've recently started dating a Sikh who I've come to realize their belief system is akin to Anarchism in some ways-excuse my paraphrasing, but muc...
April 24, 2020 at 20:34
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
All good points. I should add then to my own summary, that some of the tenets of Anarchism and Anarchic thought are in a return to more primitive life...
April 24, 2020 at 20:17
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
Great point on the double think. Another, more contemporary example of such a "double think" would be the hailed progressive (centrist-Liberal) achiev...
April 24, 2020 at 20:06
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
The Anarchist response to opportunists would be that such were 'created' in turn by a system that values greed (I believe it was Chomsky). Arguably th...
April 24, 2020 at 17:53
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
True. Anarchism is voluntary free association-majoritarian would imply some larger non-voluntary collective. However, I think what @"boethius" meant w...
April 24, 2020 at 17:34
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
Excellent! A much more detailed summary than mine. Would agree with everything you said. Definitely want to highlight what you wrote about it not only...
April 24, 2020 at 17:29
In: Anarchism- is it possible for humans to live peacefully without any form of authority?  — view comment
Hey there! Funnily enough I was in high school when I first started researching Anarchism-it was actually for my grade 12 philosophy course thesis...r...
April 24, 2020 at 16:43
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
States, China, Europe, Japan and India achieve, if quickly harnessed, to prevent tragedy in the poorer societies in the world? Sorry, didn't notice yo...
April 11, 2020 at 13:20
In: Coronavirus  — view comment
In my opinion the States should be considered one of the "poorer" countries in the world-the statistics of a few billionaires should not outweigh the ...
April 11, 2020 at 13:14
In: Does Money/Wealth (Late-Stage Capitalism) Usurp Ideals like Democracy and the Rule of Law?  — view comment
What part of "historical system" implies that I believe in it? When I am necessarily delineating it as being a system objectively part of a historical...
February 02, 2020 at 14:09
In: Does Money/Wealth (Late-Stage Capitalism) Usurp Ideals like Democracy and the Rule of Law?  — view comment
I meant "ideal" in the common-day sense. Like, the concept of a rule of law, where all are actually equal and subject to the same law, is an ideal the...
February 02, 2020 at 13:00
In: Does Money/Wealth (Late-Stage Capitalism) Usurp Ideals like Democracy and the Rule of Law?  — view comment
Also there is an important difference between the monotheistic/elitist religions like Judeo-Christanity and Islam, and the theistic/panthesitic religi...
February 02, 2020 at 12:59
In: Does Money/Wealth (Late-Stage Capitalism) Usurp Ideals like Democracy and the Rule of Law?  — view comment
I have no belief in god and am a staunch atheist/nihilist personally-you misread my point. I was making objective observations socio-historically; tha...
February 02, 2020 at 12:56
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
If only I had the time to read Husserl.. Haha, one day
January 13, 2020 at 21:41
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
Big pharma would like you to think that medical marijuana is not a good choice for chronic pain. It decentralizes the power they have, especially in c...
January 13, 2020 at 21:41
In: Philosophy and Activism  — view comment
I like to think that the role of philosophers is first to consider the world, and then in some way, try to share that knowledge, and if that knowledge...
January 13, 2020 at 21:24
In: Licensing reproduction  — view comment
Of course I agree. I meant that pro-life idiots have no problem stripping women of their bodily autonomy contemporarily. Women have, and continue to b...
November 30, 2019 at 19:32
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
Yes sounds about right. Any dictatorship that relies upon the servility, docility, and imperative obedience of its people will limit access to potenti...
November 29, 2019 at 15:37
In: Licensing reproduction  — view comment
I like this. Read some David Benatar, he writes slightly on this topic... Taboo as it is I agree with you, both on the concept of licensing, and on th...
November 28, 2019 at 11:51
In: The New Center, the internet, and philosophy outside of academia  — view comment
That makes me sad. I guess I'm speaking from a place of bias because one of my best friends is a biologist and has never looked down on my lack of kno...
November 28, 2019 at 11:20
In: The New Center, the internet, and philosophy outside of academia  — view comment
I like your optimism... Regarding the original quote lambasting the existence of online philosophical forums/discussion ect. I am slightly unnerved......
November 27, 2019 at 13:42
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
Interesting, I appreciate you linking this to me. Maybe I'll run my own study once I get back to Canada-start macrodosing daily with CBD tablets vs. t...
November 27, 2019 at 09:38
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
I have the opposite of ADHD in many regards, not really having any issue focusing so much as only motivation when I go through my periods of severe de...
November 26, 2019 at 17:42
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
I'm no scientist in any form. Merely someone with some time on my hands and a laptop and an enjoyment for random academic reading. I think that cannab...
November 25, 2019 at 11:13
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_tobacco Super long Wikipedia page if anyone is interested for some reading...I'm in a boring public la...
November 25, 2019 at 10:53
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
Have tried CBD, will probably will return to it at sometime in the future. Funny how you can drive to your local Shell station and buy cigarettes (dir...
November 25, 2019 at 10:51
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
"Right now, federally, marijuana is a highly restricted Schedule 1 substance, making research on the drug hard to conduct even as its use spreads wide...
November 25, 2019 at 10:30
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
You're probably right. Perhaps this connection between drugs and this frame of mindset is the inherent thing that needs to be explored then.
November 25, 2019 at 10:17
In: Marijuana and Philosophy  — view comment
I'm fascinated that this post has generated so much interest; and if anyone is curious in continuing this topic, I have a new question to pose for dis...
November 22, 2019 at 14:41
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