James Banks

['Member']Joined: July 11, 2019 at 04:28Last active: January 07, 2020 at 01:18None discussions2 comments

Location: San Diego, USA

Bio

Past concerns: Problem of Evil, solipsism, (religious) epistemology
Current concerns: trust, meaning (all meanings of "meaning"), monotheism, materialism vs. panpsychism vs. personalism vs. ...,
empiricism (personality, firsthand experience), cultural development.

Persistent amateur.

Favourite Philosopher

Berkeley, Weil, Nietzsche

Favourite Quotations

"Taste precedes opinion" --Nietzsche

Comments

In: Are there any thoughts on occultism and intuitionalism — view comment

I have a bit of an interest in the occult scene and its teachings. Listening/reading for less than a year. Some things that have surprised me (at leas...

July 11, 2019 at 06:28

In: Wrong Helping Approaches — view comment

I like to think that "to exist is to trust". If you find something good to trust, you can grow. If your need to trust is fulfilled by trustworthy thin...

July 11, 2019 at 05:08