I have just woken up and plan to read the thread later today but I just noticed your comment 'the Second Coming is around the corner' and I am relatin...
I think that I have '1984' somewhere on my Kindle, so I may have a read. I read 'Animal Farm' at school as a child and as an adult and found Orwell's ...
I didn't know that George Orwell wrote about the idea of a 'post-truth society' and it is interesting that he was able to perceive the possibility at ...
I tend to think of the toxic aspect of post-truth as being when people accept lies without questioning them for themselves. I see it as a very blurry ...
I am sure that trendiness comes into the picture regarding what is regarded as deception. The critical thinking about ideologies may in themselves be ...
Change may be a critical factor and it seems likely that the worldview of the present time is so different from that which emphasised the -supernatura...
A paradigm shift in philosophy would be interesting because there doesn't seem to be much new developments beyond those of the twentieth century. Or, ...
I read one essay by Noam Chomsky, 'The Responsibilty of Intellectuals', in which he argues that the 'experts' in various disciplines have an important...
In my own last response to Banno, I may not have paid enough attention to his focus on belief. It is likely that it is possible to focus on beliefs ra...
It seems like you appreciate the problem of 'post-truth'. It may not be about most aspects of daily experience but the underlying narratives in the ba...
What you are giving is the basis of descriptions, which is probably why logic matters. I am not sure that is the same as 'truth' because it would be p...
I don't understand how you see truth as being so simple because I see it as complicated in most instances. I am interested to know how you define trut...
I am definitely not in favour of arguing that there is no such thing as 'truth' at all but it is simply not straightforward. I am not sure if the dist...
Uncertainty exists in relation to 'established truth', but that truth is not absolute even if people think that it is. For example, many people framed...
It is hard to know the reality of Amazons and other aspects of mythic fables, including the idea of a matriarchy preceding a patriarchy. There are sta...
I am definitely all in favour of the search for 'truth' and see it as one of the purposes of philosophy. There is a danger if one gives up looking for...
The way in which perceptions are subjective, involving biases, is what makes 'truth' unclear. I remember working and their being critical incidents. W...
The ideas of Chomsky are relevant. I have a book of selected writings by him on my shelf. So, thanks for referring to him, because I hadn't made the l...
The 'Pandemos' is an interesting read and the question of 'truth' was an area of concern amidst the pandemic, as there was so much conspiracy theories...
I guess that the concept of 'post-truth' is 'bullshit'. It may be about gossip and outright lies. Some newspapers contain accounts which are probably ...
I know that you believe in logic but to what extent is that the only basis for 'truth'? I am not dismissing logic and rationality, and I am not a comp...
The belief that some ideas are ultimately correct is one's point of view and establishing it universally is another matter entirely. Of course, there ...
Your post gave me a chance to clarify my own understanding of truth. I read Baggini's book several months ago and found it significant. However, I did...
I would say that values are based on what matters and how meaningful is constructed. It may be partly based on fantasy, as some underlying mythic cons...
As far as I can see, Jonathan Sacks doesn't come with a clear definition of the principle of truth. However, in my own reading, : the understanding of...
The whole interplay between gender and racism in power is important as well as the way in which stereotypes impact on life. This involves the concept ...
I am just also writing in response to your mention of thinking about gender in relation to race. It does seem that sexual inequality and racial inequa...
It does seem that the nature of gender has been exaggerated so much culturally. Of course, in animal kingdoms there is sexual performance, so some may...
I definitely agree that the hormonal explanations for gender are more important than ideas about reincarnation, which are purely speculative. There is...
The gender of the 'mind' is an interesting area. It partly goes back to the debate about physicalism and the question of the wiring of the brain and w...
The issue of puberty blockers presents a big challenge to people seeking them and those caring for them. The issue has been given a lot of coverage in...
It is questionable which people are in control, as having the 'tools for self-definition'? Is it the ones who conform happily to stereotypes or those ...
It does seem to me that hypersexualisation is an aspect of Western culture. The context of this may be important in understanding why people develop t...
Your query about why do men have nipples is that all people have rudimentary aspects of the opposite sex. Not only do men have nipples but some have n...
I am still logged on, so I am wondering about nudity and masculinity and femininity. There are codes of dress and performance based on attire, and som...
I am about to go to bed, because it is after 1.30 am. However, I don't know about the Golden Record of Voyager 11, so I would appreciate you elaborati...
Gender definitely begins with reproduction. There is the question as to where, or how far this goes, in relation to 'what one is'. The search for iden...
Ideas of the 'perfect' male and female may leave many feeling lacking. I am not sure about your claim about whether 'very few straight men are actuall...
I find it interesting that other species, other than humans, have gender as a form of performance. It does give rise to the essentialism of gender, as...
I would argue that it is a complex interplay of biology and meaning. Authenticity of identity is about social meanings and interpretations. How one pe...
If the meaning of my thread question is unclear, I would add that I am trying to explore the ideas around essentialism, relating to gender and sexuali...
Some may take the view that it is absurd to think about turning all possibilities into dreams. What may be important is how different are men and wome...
One interesting comparison is between gender identity disorder and body mysphorphic disorder. I have seen both in clinical practice. Body dysphmorphic...
You begin by speaking of respect for those with gender, but what you go on to say sounds like you think that by using chosen pronouns is collusion. Do...
I am not wishing to go to far with the comparison about pretending to be monkeys and we will see if Agent Smith has any thoughts. However, I am seriou...
Obviously, the comparison between human beings and monkeys with that of masculinity vs femininity doesn't work completely because it is about a differ...
It is likely that there have always been gender dysphoric people but that it was only with medical advances that the approach changed. Because people ...
I didn't know much about sex at age 5. Even when children told me 'the facts of life' at age 9, I refused to believe it until someone showed it writte...
The story is probably one which most people can relate to because it is so tragic and the person was male. It is not clear whether he committed suicid...
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