Yes, putting these ideas together into one thread may not work, as they are such complex areas, involving so many different writers, with a need to un...
Yes, I think that both of us have got to this point before as your link shows and I am still in the position of having not read Spinoza, in order to g...
On the subject of what did I learn today, I spent a lot of time reading, including some philosophy essays, and, sometimes reading philosophy leads to ...
Having read your outpost again here, I am wondering to what extent you see 'God' as a metaphorical construct for thinking about imaginary worlds. In t...
Do you not stop and wonder about these topics or concepts? Perhaps, I give my own 'soul' torture in doing so, but such ideas are a subtext underlying ...
I appreciate your points and if anything think that the topic is too large to be simply a debating matter on the forum. Everyone has opinions and so m...
I am interested in critical thinking about psychiatry and the idea of 'healing the soul'. I have worked as a psychiatric nurse and, before that, I had...
There is even a song by U2, 'Two Hearts Beat As One', and the synchronisation in nature is a fairly familiar phenomena in nature. It might link in wit...
The nature of both friendship and romantic relationships are complex, especially in making them come together. Some manage to enable the two to work t...
Is it a plant? I thought that your avatar was a mixture of a hairy nipple gone wrong and a landscape. So much for miniature art in avatars, the postmo...
The comparison between real lovers or friends is interesting. As an only child, I withdrew into fantasy and have often felt that the fantasy relations...
The idea of blanking out a profile picture when it is perceived by you as 'ugly' seems odd because in real life we cannot cancel out the people we see...
I do appreciate the point you make about Noah taking two of every animal onto the ark and the idea of a twosome or of partnership is important. Beyond...
Apart from the issue of loneliness in relation to aloneness, the one factor which you mention is that of attachment. This varies with different friend...
The term ego is ambiguous because it is used differently in psychoanalysis to in Eastern philosophy. In some ways, it does capture the nature of consc...
It is interesting to read the Lacan quote, especially as I have thought that I should read his writings but have not managed to do so yet. The mirror ...
It is stressful being alone when one has no one to share thoughts with although there are times when social life can be stressful as well. I grew up a...
It does seem that there are several discussions going on about the self on the forum currently. I do see it as being philosophy but I do keep coming b...
Human identity in relation to both mind and body. People may have difficulty within and on account of their outer image, especially in a image-driven ...
As far as social needs go it is likely that people may be able to cope alone if they have the security of some meaningful relationships, even if the p...
The question may be to what extent is the idea of winners or losers based on outer measurements of success. It is a dicey issue because validation, es...
If anything, Maslow's hierarchy of needs may work on the philosophical assumptions that humans need other humans. This aspect of Maslow's thinking has...
Even though I have studied various schools of psychology and sociology, I do agree that theories can get in the way at times. But, in discussion of ne...
I probably come from a different perspective from you because I do question the possibility of A1 becoming humans in the way that each of us is at the...
I have studied a fair amount of psychology and early object relations is extremely important, including the nature of sexual identity. The sense of co...
There may be a distinct difference between the poverty of consciousness and the real problem of homelessness. As someone who was on the brink of homel...
It is probably a mixture of people hitting on the 'blindspots' of fears about what may be true and some uncertaint. I know that I get upset when peopl...
Your question is an important one in psychology and various schools of psychotherapy. In psychodynamic perspectives the relationship between one's uni...
The vicious cycle of mistakes and fear is probably central to the idea of karma and what is learned through the consequences of action, with the princ...
What you are saying about the two aspects of the sickle cell/malaria trait is true of most parts of life, with all flaws in nature having an up and a ...
The philosophy question may be whether there is any 'method' beyond our meaning and understanding of it. Making mistakes is our human way of seeing it...
It may be like the creative and experimental process in evolution itself. Amidst a backdrop of chaotic mistakes some kind of evolution and transmutati...
I have heard a little of Black Grape and quite liked it, but not as much as Shaun Rider's Happy Mondays'. As far as knowing British music, I am in the...
I do like the Nine Inch Nails, especially 'The Downward Spiral', and a lot of goth as catharsis, but mainly for melancholy moments. I really like the ...
In my time on the forum you stand out as such an important contributor. That is probably why you have never been banned. If you got banned I would cer...
I am aware of your situation and I would be extremely sorry to see you go, even though I am sure you would resurrect in glory on some site, as a great...
It is a questionable area and it probably depends on the basis for bans. I do use another philosophy site on which there don't seem to be bans. The mo...
Depeche Mode are a great catharsis for anger and I recommend the album 'Violator'. For anger, especially about the state of the world, I recommend one...
I find Depeche Mode to be a wonderful band. The whole era of electric eighties, including some of the darker stuff is loved by many. I also like Marc ...
Gradually, I think that we are being seen more as objects within a system which is becoming more and more robotic. In the last couple of years, with s...
It is likely that the mistake is where people take the subjective as if it were objective, unable to make the clear distinction. Indeed, it may be tha...
On the subject of time and place, I read a book looking at the way in which cultural biases and interpretations come into how historical facts are vie...
To some extent the interpretation of evidence is the issue of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity. On the other hand, it comes down to qua...
The 'I' may be like an underlying reflective narrator, as an aspect of subjectivity. The 'I'in being able to observe in the process of making meaning ...
I am not a materialist and, to some extent, when we look as subjective actors upon the world, it is an illusion, because inner and outer are not a dua...
It is questionable to what extent others can be viewed as objects, because it is partly about external reality. Even one's own body, or parts, such as...
One aspect which you raise which may be important is the idea of authority, especially in regard to objectivity. Sometimes, this may be missed as a su...
Your post is important because while the concept of 'fallacy' is important in relation to the idea of falsehood, there are specific logical errors whi...
You are quite right to query the idea of a fallacy, with the idea going back to Plato. There is the idea of 'truth' as opposed to falsehood, and think...
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