Jack Cummins

I think that we speak of being in a secular age on this forum, but I would be surprised if that many people in society would describe it that way. Mos...

I couldn't see any feminist approach to Iris's comments and she didn't really make any arguments. She just kept saying that transgender people offende...

I think that it is so easy to get trapped in our own personal dramas and see them as concrete realities. I think that this applies at all ages, and se...

I believe that it was that kind of philosophy which created a negative image of philosophy, even among academics. It has taken the ideas of many other...

Thanks for your reply, and I plan to read further, possibly Pierce and others. I am not sure that art is meant to be 'accurate' copying or representat...

Thank goodness. She was extremely determined in expressing her views.

I believe that the issues we are discussing are so complex. Beyond the issues of seeing what is going on in the news critically, I believe in opposing...

I know people who were born in China, and it is on that basis that I wonder about the slant of the media. Of course, I am not wishing to overlook any ...

I am a little unsure of your topic. I can see that it can appear that we are in a culture of seeing the point of view of minorities. Also, looking at ...

I believe that stagnation was a factor in cultural decay. If anything, we could argue that we have the exact opposite with so much conflict, but will ...

I think that your question raises the question of what particular 'being' know itself through us? Is it some transcendent reality, or our own individu...

I think that advertising affects us on a subliminal level, but not just in terms of specific products, but with a whole set of values about what is de...

I have just read your thread discussion. I am wondering if you are criticising the underlying ethic of consumer based systems of economics. It is boun...

I don't think that teaching people to be happy works, even with the help of psychotherapy interventions. If you go down that line of thinking, you mig...

I believe that is a rather shallow understanding of cosmetic surgery. My own experience of knowing people who have had many forms of cosmetic surgery,...

I think that your point about your wife killing herself because she felt unable to be a 'woman' because she felt unable to give birth to children is i...

I have only glanced at the book on Pierce's philosophy, but have been thinking about the question of eqireality in relation to a book which I have jus...

I have thought about your idea, and what I think is that logic is extremely important, but, on the other hand, if feeling and intuition are left out, ...

I think that the fast paced 'go getting' nature of culture contributes to depression, because we are often put into a position where meeting of goals ...

I think that all the categories are applicable but moral decisions involve such a complex interplay of these. We live in social contexts in which the ...

I think that the link you provide is extremely useful, because it gives clear information. I believe if people wish to understand the topic it is wort...

I can see the problem which you identify with the lack of logic. I like the "Madfool's thread, but we do have to be careful that we don't overthrow th...

I will think about it in the light of day( and perhaps again in the twilight).

My own view is that philosophy is the attempt to understand reallty. This involves many aspects because when one looks at life, it looms before us in ...

I edited my first attempt, a little bit.

I had logged off once for tonight, but I just found this and found it to be a fascinating exploration. I think that it gives a really unusual metaphor...

Okay, I will look at the book briefly, but won't worry about reading too much of it, and I am about to log out. Sometimes, I find if I write too much ...

Thanks for your detailed reply. Strangely, I downloaded a book on Peirce's philosophy, so I will have a look at it tomorrow and reply to you. I do bel...

I believe that reality is such a flexible term because it so vast, and, in connection to the third category can be seen as infinite. This means that i...

In many ways, even though we have shared realities, I do believe that each one of us has a unique reality. I remember reading a sociological text, by ...

It is true that 'a picture is just a picture' but when we think of another it involves an image, visual or otherwise. I am sure that my own is really ...

I think that this discussion has come to an end and then restarted a few times. You are welcome to take up anything you wish to. I began the thread qu...

One thought that I had in relation to your question is whether certain ideas had to be given birth to, and that specific individuals had to live for t...

Is the new picture of Baden one of Sigmund Freud? I don't understand why people put pictures of others rather than themselves. Using others' pictures ...

I forgot to press the arrow, so I am doing that now, so that you are notified of my reply.

I think that one has to think what it means to speak of by 'mysterious', and whether it means that questions are difficult, or simply that areas of th...

I definitely went through a big theosophy stage a few years ago. I attended meetings and I went to Creme's last lecture before he died. I was not real...

It is true that in Christianity God is overseeing the angels, and I was certainly taught the story of Lucifer and the fall of the angels. I believe th...

I think that it can be a source of confusion for people. On one hand, the God image represented by Christ appears to be full of compassion, but the Go...

I come more from a Jungian perspective on God, and a general open questioning approach. However, you have just mentioned there being one omnipotent Go...

I am concerned that at some point there will be a war between China and one of the large superpowers. But, I have thought this for a long time, and be...

I think that Ouspensky suggested that certain minds would be able to survive if they were developed in such a way to be distinct. Of course, Ouspensky...

I am not sure that it would require an immortal mind to transmit immortal ideas. That is because it is easier to transfer ideas to other minds than it...

Funnily enough, no one has mentioned social reality in this thread and that is one of the most basic aspects of the encounter with reality on a daily ...

I wasn't familiar with the set of beliefs until I looked at your link, but I am aware of others who spoke of the Elohim. There is a whole tradition of...

I got to know a few people socially and discovered at some point that they had a criminal past. I wouldn't wish to expand on this on an online forum b...

I have known people who have committed crimes and been to prison, but most of the ones I have known have also had a positive, caring side as well. But...

So, how would you say describe the 'evil' in the people you came across, and the whole category of this? Do you think that it is a distinct category, ...

Dare I say it, I am a big fan of Jung, and once wrote a thesis on Jung's idea of the shadow. I also studied art psychotherapy, so I am inclined to loo...

I probably think of continuums of superiority and inferiority in relation to how they manifest in bipolar mood disorder. But, in some ways, I do think...