Jack Cummins

I have read a little of Spinoza and probably should read more. I do have a copy of Buber' s 'I and Thou' on my shelf. One thing which I do find intere...

I have moved on to lemon squash now. No more alcohol for me, especially in the hot weather. If I drink too much I often get lost going home or in grea...

William Blake made important contributions to the understanding of pleasure, challenging puritanical aspects of Judaeo- Christian thought, especially ...

I am not sure that the idea of the ineffable is particularly helpful, but that may be an overgeneralised simplification of mysticism. Figures like Wil...

I am a bit of a caffeine fan, not much of a sugar freak though, although I am having a glass of red wine as I speak. It may not be relevant to the dis...

Mysticism may have an important link with aesthetics. I have been reading about the idea of the sublime, going back to the ideas of Kant on imaginatio...

I am not sure that what I am saying is part of your philosophy. However, many Christian believers may see Jesus as the son as God; as having the share...

It does seem that reductionist materialism is on the rise in popular philosophy. Aldous Huxley, with his emphasis on perennial wisdom was important at...

I would say that I come from a basic gravitation towards the mystical, having read authors like William Blake and WB Yeats. I have a mixed approach to...

I have read your posts. As far as I can see death is a form of peace, a bit like sleep. It may be that each of us comes from a different, unique angle...

I am glad to see you back on site because I after reading your posts about death and you not being on the site for a long time I had worried that you ...

One strange experience which I had in relation to forgotten memories occurred a few years ago. I was lying on my bed and accidentally bumped my head a...

Perhaps, intersubjectivity is based on underlying consensus, like the group mind. Even though in the post above, I have just argued for a importance o...

Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you, as I have been busy dealing with the practical uncertainties in life. I am not exaggerating, I found o...

The question of objectivity is a difficult one because human life is comprised of different subjectivities. Even intersubjective aspects of thought ma...

I do appreciate living in the age where doubt and skepticism are openly expressed and valued. However, as a teenager; remember being told by religious...

Risk may be important for making decisions personally and in aspects of life. It was part of the basis for thinking in the pandemic, in juggling and w...

With regard to the nature of seeking truth it may be that it is worth trying to find aspects of it, through epistemological and empirical knowledge ra...

I am not really wishing to make any evaluations of mental states. If anything, I would see uncertainty as being one which calls for weighing up the na...

Yes, you make some fair points. Vulnerable groups probably need to be able to feel reassured that behaviour is not acceptable. The problem of moral re...

I had a look at the link on fallbilism. I had not even heard the term before, and, from what was in the link it seems a fair point of view. I am not s...

Probability is important but it is not an exact scenario, because nature and people are unpredictable. It would be foolish to say that prediction and ...

You are definitely right to say that no one person can know everything, which does suggest the limits and partiality of what one knows. Cultural relat...

Truth is interrelated with certainty. The nature of truth as a philosophy concept has been called into question by Julian Baggini in his book explorin...

Some people are more inclined to doubt or not being certain than others. I remember at infant school that I didn't put up my hand to answer questions ...

I think that the collage of images worked in your story. I find the idea of a collage of images as a useful start for writing fiction, as opposed to t...

When I read the story I felt that I was missing something important but couldn't put finger on it. Now, I realise what it was: diabetes. I should have...

I am not absolutely sure and I really did wonder if I had gone to a mysterious place, a bit like 'Tom's Midnight Garden.'

Afraid so, it was rather a disaster! Not only was I meant to go to work in the morning. I was also supposed to go for a job interview later in the day...

Thanks for the various feedback posts. They are helpful, especially the ones about lack of detail. Part of the issue which I was struggling with was k...

I am glad that the girl in my house was useful as an inspiration. The mother of the girl upstairs once said that events in the house would make an int...

I think that Tobias wrote 'The Flood', so congratulations to him. I definitely didn't write it, even though I like the music of The Sisters of Mercy. ...

If the story was written before the tall girl was in my room trying to change my light bulb, it may be a true example of synchronicity.

It does seem to have a good style, but I found it hard to be drawn into it. This may have been that the pace seemed too fast and I felt a bit lost and...

I found it a bit puzzling, a little intriguing but not enough to make me wish to read it again. I like the feel of the immediacy of it, and the dialog...

I am wondering why it is written all in one long paragraph, and what point that is trying to make. It seems like a scene from something larger rather ...

I could relate to the story, especially as it fitted in with my own disclosure about a tall 11 year old girl coming into my room to change my light bu...

In some ways I liked it because it was unusual. If anything, it seemed to me that the spirit aspect was a bit too central. It would have worked more f...

I I agree that it could be part of a much larger piece, possibly a novel, because the characters seem to have scope for development. I did think that ...

Okay, I will try to finish voting for them all(except mine) after a few doses of coffee!

I am not confused about how to use the options. I am just unsure why the 'Not for me' vote is there, and whether it would simply be better not to vote...

I have cut down on caffeine tremendously. I used to drink 5 or 6 coffees a day and now I am only having 1 to 2. It doesn't seem to make much differenc...

I have voted for some of the stories. I am a little confused by whether the 'Not for me' is an up vote or a down vote, and, I do feel that it would pr...

I am never a good sleeper but it has been worse recently, because I am often not getting off to sleep until about 5 in the morning. Even that, is afte...

Okay, I will try to write some comments before, but if not I will vote and try to write after. I'll just do the best I can.

I don't suppose that there is a chance of a few days extension for commenting and voting. I have been struggling to do it, but just haven't felt up to...

When I wrote my post earlier I had not looked at the news and seen that Boris is resigning. I wondered why a thread on Boris had popped up, but it is ...

I just thought I would share my little story. When I was on the tube yesterday a man got on who looked so much Boris. When someone was reading a newsp...

I agree with you. I want to spend time reading them and thinking about them, not just before voting, but, also, before giving comments because feedbac...

How about a fortnight? Or, who knows, some people who are extremely busy may even feel that they need longer.