One of the most influential case studies about gender is one involving the sexologist, John Money, and a child who lost his penis in a childhood circu...
The idea of people hindering progress in understanding is the reason why I started the thread. There can be extremism in both directions. So much disc...
In reply to your second post, the idea of consensus is an important issue for many. There is so much confusion around gender. In the past, girls who g...
The idea of instinct is important because even within animal populations there is diversity. The majority of people may conform to basics of heterosex...
I do see the whole construction of gender and sexuality as one of the problems arising from the tradition of Christianity and its conventions. I have ...
I am aware that many don't think that gender and sexuality is constructed, and that view does come from a postmodern perspective. The issues are compl...
In this thread, if anyone is confused by my intention, I am in favour of understanding the nature of the LGBTIQ spectrum. Some may be threatened by pe...
You are right to speak of boundaries. Prior to working in the mental health system, I didn't understand this and it is so important for oneself and ot...
I completely agree that homelessness is a torture and it seems that many simply don't care. I am trying to find new accommodation at present and it is...
Hello! The moral dilemma which you describe is a tricky one. It is one which some may be able to relate to and others may dismiss completely. I rememb...
When I write on this site I feel like I am 'pretending' to be a philosopher. That doesn't mean that I don't take philosophy seriously but I try not to...
Perhaps, the title of the thread should have been called 'Word Salad' or a 'Salad of Ideas'. It's a bit like when I got put in the position at work in...
On a symbolic level, perhaps all human beings have a shapeshifting reptile side, with the reptilian aspects of mind on some ways. It may relate to the...
Yes, it is about seeing ideas and meanings in patterns, like synchronicities. It may also be about subliminal aspects of perception. However, it is po...
The language of fortune-tellers can be regarded as 'occult' and misleading. I have known people who have gone to see fortune tellers and ended up bein...
I really think that it is time that I should read Spinoza! I did try a couple of times but found it hard to concentrate, which I do find frequently wi...
It may be significant that connections and interconnections are more important when the idea of an anthropomorphic creator fades, especially in concer...
I was rather surprised when reading the writing of Spinoza to discover how much was about cosmology. However, in a way, it makes sense because in orde...
Here, it may be important to ask the purpose of philosophy. Is it about how to live? This is connected to the way in which understanding is based on m...
I can remember going to see an occupational health doctor once and he wrote a report, which read like a 'word salad'. The funny thing was a copy of it...
With regard to 'word salads' it is partly about the subjective meaning of the author and also what another may read into it, especially the ambiguitie...
It is interesting that you argued for that point of view because in forum discussion it often seems that people use logic as some kind of dogma. Human...
In thinking about your query of my belief that ethics runs 'alongside our rational understanding of the world', I am recalling a book which I read a f...
What I mean is that thinking of the ethical aspects of philosophy, as consequences in real life, is important. It runs alongside understanding of idea...
You didn't tell me which sentence. I don't wish to write word salad and I just like to juggle ideas as a way of thinking, almost like lateral thinking...
The insidious aspects of philosophy may be more critical than mere names studying it. The analysis of ideas in culture in general may be one way that ...
It is a question of whether intelligence is an upgrade or a downgrade in the sense of civilisation has been achieved. However, human beings have creat...
Having just mentioned ideas leading to suicide has led me to think how I developed a grudge against St Paul of the Bible. That is because a friend of ...
It is the problem which faces anyone who writes that they cannot predict what will be done with their work. It is a bit like music. There is always th...
Yes, we don't want the philosophers' writings to be marked with red, yellow and green labels. It is handy when food is marked with these for healthy e...
I guess that thinking about the impact of ideas and philosophy is part of the same process as evaluating truth of ideas rationally, as the ethical dim...
I don't have the books I read on the topic of Jung and antisemitism but that is the view some writers take of him. That is partly based on his relatio...
When you speak of different philosophies being like different locations for viewing objects, it may be like the many different angles or perspectives ...
I definitely am not in favour of censorship. The issue of philosophy being used in a negative way was simply something which I was thinking about the ...
When I am speaking of the question of 'dangerous' ideas, like the Nazi's on one hand and the question of knowledge as questionable I am probably refer...
As facts are not always straightforward at all it seems to make sense that some are drawn to different philosophies. It is likely that there is select...
I find it hard to make up my mind on so many ideas, as well as decisions, and it can be difficult when so much time is spent ruminating. I definitely ...
I definitely agree with philosophies as 'a way of life', including the development of habits or as a basis for practice in life. That seems to make th...
It is probably not possible to separate the 'truth' of ideas from their effects completely. It may be that people need to see some benefits to some ki...
While ideas are needed to be evaluated on the basis of 'truth', to see this as the only matter seems onesided. I am not saying that it is beneficial t...
I am glad that some people are working on this area Even though it may be regarded as of lesser importance than 'truth', I am sure it has some value f...
That is the complexity of it and I am rather amazed when some people seem to see neuroscience as a form of replacement of philosophy. I am not trying ...
That's fine, because the thread which I wrote a long while ago popped up out of the blue again. Perhaps, it is time for me to explore new and original...
It may go back to the issue of the red zones or 'philosophical dangers'. The new may be forbidden territory and feared. On the hand, it may be about e...
As far as I see it, so many do try to look to neuroscience, as if it is 'chocolate frosting'. It does raise big questions about causation. Some may ge...
The question may be what role do neurons play? I am sure that it is significant, but what is the relationship between neuroscience and ideas. What is ...
It may be about brainstorming and finding new ways of focusing, and even alternative ways of seeing and perception. The lens through which we see may ...
I am afraid that the accounts which I have read of Nietzsche's death have been blurry. I have been left with a muddle of his death as involving organi...
The idea of multiple discovery, as shown in the link is important because it may be that the truly important ideas arise in the understanding of many ...
The idea of reasons is connected to the development of language. It is the basis for logic and concepts. Rationality and reasoning are done on that ba...
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