I don't know what you mean here. I was saying "why should philosophy only achieve a 'better' understanding of the world, instead of achieving the unde...
And to be clear, I do feel some solidarity with your post here, but I was just calling into question some of your assumptions, or at least the assumpt...
Depending on your stance on Christianity as a whole, you might be interested in Nikolai Berdyaev. He was a Russian existentialist/Christian/mystic phi...
Nope, I don't want you to explain anything to me, I want to have a discussion. If you're only looking to explain things to me, then I'll be sure to no...
On the contrary, doesn't critical methodology point to value? Critical thinking needs a point, a telos. Otherwise there's no reason to think criticall...
Is challenging conclusions, individual philosophers reaching conclusions, and widespread disagreement really the end project of philosophy? What's the...
We seem to disagree on the fundamentals in philosophy, but I'm right with you on this (probably because I live in one of the metropolitan loci of this...
I haven't, honestly because I don't really care that much, and I hate going to touristy areas, especially for one single piece of art, like in this ca...
I'm sure no one particularly wants to hear my blithe opinions, but I love it. I love the whole charade, right from the start with the bull. This whole...
Rationality is kind of the cornerstone of philosophy, though. To me, this is an important distinction. I'm interested in philosophy, and philosophical...
This assumption stays within the set of reasoning that the Mad Fool seems to be stepping outside of when he makes his argument against rationality bei...
But what do you think about intelligence? There's some interesting thoughts about it in this thread, for instance: https://thephilosophyforum.com/disc...
Dennett is right about the dangers of a post-intelligent design world, but the problem is that it came about through materialism, which also happens t...
I think there are different aspects to intelligence, and I think intelligence also has a strong psychological aspect. IQ tests, for instance, tend to ...
As someone who's philosophy doesn't align with the mods, I've had plenty of fruitful discussions here, including my own topics. The key is to learn ho...
Your welcome, and thanks for your further info. I've heard plenty of these before, and have attempted some. It's a useful list, though; I'm inspired t...
Also be sure to recall the chiastic structure of Hebrew Poetry. "Seven times seven, indeed, Seventy times Seventy." The structure of Job is almost chi...
These are definitely some causes of depression. But there's also the "dark night of the soul" that somebody mentioned; the general, unidentifiable exi...
True. Maybe I don't mean for it to be radical; the listening bit is certainly what I was getting at more so. I think with depression, a professional n...
But what exactly are we dealing with, then? At this point, it seems as if the word depression has lost it's meaning, but that's because we keep applyi...
But I addressed my thoughts on that directly above. And this is key. This is the "language", if you will, of depression. A piece-meal conglomeration t...
The point I was trying to make to Sapentia is that experience is key. Whether dealing with depression, or mania, or any other mental state...experienc...
No, I don't think that. Would we really be "in love", though? Would we really love one another in a deep sense? This doesn't pertain to the OP subject...
Right. I'm unsure what you mean here. So, you're saying I should break down and accept the thing that I already know, which is "everyone gets down som...
This is another key point. But, the dependency doesn't rest on the desire to maintain it; the dependency rests on an inability to see and act on the s...
How does this add to the discussion about depression? This is like my uncle telling me to "buck up", basically. This is a classic example of not being...
The problem is that the brain is a different organ than the heart, for instance. Depression is an "illness" that has to do with cognition, at the very...
But how does that actually support your claim that the rational/emotional divide "is factually not true"? So, therapy searches for a root cause, it tr...
So, do we know what it is? We have to wait until we know what it is to call it what it is? And Question is calling it "this" or "that", which is, what...
Your post is really the only worthwhile post in this thread, 0 thru 9. The three aspects you mention, and especially this (gently worded) note about s...
"I summon you to life, hidden aspirations! You, buried in the dark depths Of the creative spirit, you, timid Embryos of life, to you I bring daring." ...
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