Jack Cummins

I think that we are often left with 'ignorance' and, perhaps, even Wittgenstein's notion of 'uncertainty' glosses over this, or frames the problem wit...

The question of whether the self is linear or not is a good question really. Definitely, historical developments are important but I see your point ab...

Kierkergaard's understanding of the self as 'continual movement' sounds interesting. I have to admit that I have read hardly any of his writings. But,...

I think that I do remember reading Jung's view that the self is fully realised in death and finding it a bit puzzling really. It is certainly not the ...

The idea of 'keeping up to date' is interesting in regard to philosophy because in many ways it deals with the eternal questions. However, I am aware ...

I think that your point in one of your pictures, 'We can't see awareness be we are it' is interesting. It may be the universal blindspot. I wonder how...

I think that the question of why particular things and selves assemble themselves in the particular unique way is one which can become overlooked. Gen...

I think that your distinction between philosophy asking, 'What it is?'and how we can know and psychology focusing upon how this 'affects us' is useful...

I think that the idea of considering what the self is NOT is important. It probably begins when the child first realises separation from mother and ot...

It is indeed interesting to see that Hume keeps referring to himself, despite him trying to suggest that the idea of self is illusory. I think that it...

I am glad that you appreciated the way in which the concept of self is extremely fuzzy. After I had just written the thread, I began to worry that peo...

I would imagine that many Buddhists view the self differently from one another. What you lead me to think about is how I must be careful of making gen...

Yes, I have to admit that the basics of ID, as indicated are mostly likely more essential to our sense of self than I initially credited them. In part...

I think that your discussion of the idea of the tension which the idea of an immortal soul vs the idea of lack of a self in Buddhism. It is an area of...

Another great poem, and picture. I thank you for making the thread so lively and decorative.

I think that your idea of self as being an aspect of self organisation does make a lot of sense to me, although if someone had suggested it to me abou...

Actually, I am almost still in bed today. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night, so I am lacking in action today, but plan to go out exploring to...

I do agree that we can't hide our 'true' self all of the time because that would be about an inauthentic form of existence, and I think that it is pro...

I am inclined to think that Hume may have arrived at a conclusion about no self independently. However, I admit that I find the Buddhist idea of there...

I think that your response is interesting because it moves from Hume's idea of the human being as 'a bundle of experiences' to the question of free wi...

I think that your post about 'Madfool' in relation to others is interesting. But, what I do wonder about here is whether you are speaking about the pe...

What I think is a problem with some of this thread is that it is ignoring the position of the person who created the thread discussion speaking about ...

Generally, I am trying to think about the idea of self as a philosophical rather than psychological problem, and I can see why Hume questions the exis...

I agree with you that it is experience itself which is at the core of the self. It is as if we are able to step back from memories, and social relatio...

I am just about to log out, but I just looked at your comment and I am wondering about the question of memory and identity. I think that it is an impo...

I am glad that you have raised the issue of the Buddhist notion of self, because it was in the back of my mind when I wrote this thread question. I am...

I have already said that I am not trying to come up with a clear psychology definition. I am raising the idea of self for philosophical consideration ...

I think that 'self' in schizophrenia is extremely interesting, including Laing's idea of the divided self. It points to the way in which self hinges o...

I think that your post raises the important point that people can be misgendered even if they are not gender dysphoric or transgender at all. We live ...

I think that you are most probably right and that self is most probably encoded in each cell, because I am certainly not trying to argue that self is ...

I do agree with you, and, really, I am just trying to think about the way in which self is not simply an aspect of psychology, but a philosophy constr...

I think that the question 'who am I?' is indeed central to psychology and philosophy, but I do believe that it can be asked on many levels. It may app...

But, surely, a regular ID card will only be about identifying the basics, such as name, and date of birth and, and has little to do with identity and ...

You may say what's the fuss about, but I would be interested to know how you see the idea of the self. It may be seen as a psychological idea, but it ...

I think that the idea of loss of self is extremely interesting because it involves thinking beyond the most usual boundaries, and, of opening up to th...

I do believe that the idea of self is one which we use in most aspects of our daily lives, but, at the same time, I can see that is a rather vague and...

I completely agree with you, but from what I saw on the thread on changing sex, there are individuals on this site who have their own agenda, and for ...

I think that the nature of information is extremely interesting, but one aspect of this which I have been aware of related to it during to it the idea...

I think that it may make life a lot simpler for us all rather than discussion about how we rate or grade people's comments.

I am not ruling out your idea of giving a post a figure from 1 to 5, but I just think that often, people skim through threads and would probably not b...

I think that you raise an important point about the nature of existence, the temporary and existence as being "forever'. This is where the nature of t...

I think that grading people's posts as @"180 Proof" suggests would be far worse than the likes system because it would be time consuming and complicat...

I am very impressed by the poetry and images you have been putting on the thread. I especially like the picture 'Seeking the Ultimate Information of t...

Apart from looking at your art in the link that you provided, I began reading what you have written in the book which you have created. It is a fair a...

I do agree that energy can probably be seen as the underlying aspect behind existence, and it is likely that it is evolving. And, indeed, this works f...

You may not be producing something out of nowhere, but I think that you truly understand the process of creativity, as demonstrated in the illustratio...

I know that you are trying to formulate arguments in a serious way, but I am puzzled about how you think we could ever reach the point of a world with...

I am not really an advocate of ECT and certainly I didn't enjoy taking patients to ECT. But, it was often the patients themselves who said how they fe...

I think that you in your post you are touching upon one of the main areas which is involved in the ethics of psychiatry, which is capacity to consent,...

It is far more complex. In the immediacy of the moment , like when aggressive behaviour is taking place, immediate decisions about medication, have to...