Jack Cummins

I think that one idea of relevance to this is Jung's idea of synchronicity, which he developed in response to his own premonitions. However, he does s...

We had better remember to eat our carrots and, at least they are cheaper than psychedelics, and legal too.

I think that it partly depends how you think about the nature of psychedelic reality, and I understand the word to be about mind expansion. I think th...

I think that I notice that colours become brighter when I am feeling more cheerful than when I am feeling miserable. Of course, we do all have a certa...

As far as I can see this gives us a useful guideline for submitting and motivating for writing stories. I wrote one which is probably completely gobbl...

I think that an underlying problem of many perspectives on the psychology and philosophy of mind, is the vague and elastic nature of the concept. We c...

I agree that reading the importance philosophers is important and I do wish to put Spinoza on my agenda. You also ask about the framing of the mind an...

You have probably written so much in the last few days that you could almost have written a book. I have only been writing on this thread in the last ...

I amazed at the amount of comments and threads you have created in the last few days. So, in connection with my thread, I am interested in further ela...

Yes, I have probably created a tough thread question and it will probably be not particularly popular, but I am grateful that I have a few people enga...

I think that phenomenology is an important way of connecting metaphysics with the philosophy of the mind/body problem. Also, I think that emotions are...

The whole question of what is 'real' does come into the picture, including the issue of binary logic. In some ways, naturalism comes into play the pic...

I definitely don't believe that consciousness is an illusion. Perhaps, I may have created more interest if I had created a thread on whether conscious...

I think that the question of the metaphysics underlying philosophies of mind is inevitably connected with those about whether consciousness is an illu...

I have to admit that I probably need to read Descartes again as he had such insights which probably go far beyond the Cartesian picture that developed...

I may be wrong but I do think that many people do see the physical as far more real than mind. Of course, the two are interconnected in a very complex...

I suppose in some ways we could ask what is a body or matter exactly? While it can be perceived by the senses and measured, in some ways it could be p...

I think that Descartes would probably be rather distraught by all the debate on dualism he started. I think that his own thinking has been stretched o...

I think that consciousness does imply sentience, although some people seem to believe that machines can be conscious, but that doesn't quite make sens...

I do agree that the mechanical basis of the body has collapsed. I think that our own language of explaining it has broken down too. I am not sure real...

I do agree that the 'I' is hard to explain as an entity rather than us being a mass of experience. I believe that it is this which lead to the idea of...

It is not that I really mind how the mind and body relationship is described and I do think that it is emergent. I am just not convinced that it is as...

I think that it is impossible to know the full extent of the larger whole because it is so large. We have to draw on anthropology and history. But the...

Yes, I think that the idea of the 'I' does convey some focus on the isolated individual. But, we do exist as aspects of a larger whole and as separate...

It is interesting to think of the possibility of metaphysics being replaced by images. I am wondering where language would fit into this and whether i...

I have to admit that I find Spinoza's writings a bit difficult to come to grips with, but at the same time I do think that in many ways, mind can be s...

I think that disembodied consciousness is not possible. The closest one could get to that is 'out of body experiences' but I am not saying that the se...

I read some but not all of your debate with Hanover. I think that it is relevant, but not sure that it covers my question entirely. However, I will ha...

I am inclined to agree that it is possible to get bogged down by the idea of qualia. Thanks for your recommend reading and 'The Embodied Mind' sounds ...

Yes, qualia are sight and sound, but I think that while it involves the brain it does raise the question of what is out there. Also, while disembodied...

I agree that Narcissus is interesting and, really, I think it is a good question as to what extent he was self aware. But, mirrors can be a source of ...

I think that you raise an interesting question about whether knowledge of self or others comes first, and it is complex because the two are interconne...

Perhaps, I am looking for meanings which aren't there. In saying this, I am probably wondering if some underlying purpose of the game is going to be r...

At the moment I am reading 'The Matter With Us: ' by John Rawles, and he suggests, 'In the beginning was the Big Bang. The Big Bang is, of course, a m...

My rule is to go beyond the dictionary definitions of words and look at the subtext of written rules rather than the literal words individually. There...

Your words puzzle me. Perhaps we should have a rule of writing invisible words, words which are not spoken and images which vanish, leaving no marks.

We are probably entrenched in layers and layers of rules and even the most disobedient people are obeying some kind of rhetoric of rules. Even writing...

Rules may exist in order to be broken. They are guidelines but rigid adherence to rules may undermine the principles behind them. Therefore, I refuse ...

I am sure that most times can be seen as strange, even though I think that ours are particularly strange. As for posting, I saw the earlier message fr...

If a God exists, the one question which I would ask is why do some people experience so much more suffering than others? Is it simply unfair? Or, is i...

This is a very strange thread but, perhaps, it meets the strangeness of the times in which we live.

I found this thread and I am just putting my current groan into it as a means of ventilation. I developed blurred vision in one eye and went to the op...

I think that Sonic Youth's 'Daydream Nation' is a wonderful album. I think that the late 80s was a great time for music and I love The Fall. But, I am...

I think that you need to consider what you mean by delusional thinking. I come from a background in mental health care and I am sure that your underst...

In response to your query about how it is possible to convince someone to act in a way which is 'good' without the idea of God, I think that it is abo...

I think that 'A Short History..' is by @"god must be atheist" 'A Weak Foundation' is by @"tim wood" 'Remembrance' is by @"Leghorn"

I think that we have to go behind the facade of what was offered by religion and look to the possibilities of imagination. It is not simply about over...

I can confirm that I didn't write 'Untitled' because I have already said that I wrote, 'Ghosts in My Hands'. When I used to go to writing groups the f...

I am very impressed by your list. I know about half of it. The main ones which I don't know are the 1950s and jazz. I do plan to listen to a lot more ...

Even though you wrote it in this way, for some time I was expecting it to win because it had a such a cyberpunk effect. I have read a fair amount in t...