Jack Cummins

So, do you see painting as being part of the process of formulating philosophies? I most certainly do, because it seems to be such a complex mixture o...

In my own experience, answers to questions give a certain basis of knowledge. However, they often generate more questions, so it sometimes seems like ...

I am having a bit of difficulty understanding your question, but find it to be extremely interesting. We have internal states and states which are con...

Your arguments seem good, but I am just wondering to what extent can we rely on physics? I think that it is extremely important, and do try to keep as...

I do agree that our perspective of reality needs to go beyond the universal to the specifics. We may make generalisations, but we also need to underst...

I am wondering about the conspiracy of woe and how that relates to the idea of the posturing of the Nietzschean nihilist. Meanings have been broken do...

I do have one reflection about superstition based on my experience of working as a psychiatric nurse. I worked with a consultant psychiatrist, who was...

Your reply is fantastic but I think it probably fits more into the thread I wrote about the future of philosophy and wastelands. Where is philosophy g...

I am certainly not trying to argue against the use of reason and I do believe that it is extremely likely that irrationality is the worst enemy, for t...

I do think that for some people 'all that matters is money and work'. However, the future is so bound up with ideas. The book which I have begun readi...

Your post highlights the way in which knowledge exists in the form of ideologies, as argued by Marx. In the past, philosophy and religion often were i...

What you are saying does tie into the discussion on my thread about philosophy and culture. I definitely don't think that emotion, sensation and intui...

I am all in favour of rationality. I just think that it is in the context of the spectrum and do think that Jung's model of knowledge is useful: sensa...

I agree that we have to use our 'impressive brains' and not expect divine revelation'. The problem is that even rationality and knowledge are limited....

You speak of relationism as the way as a potential for knowing absolutes. I understand that to be about relationships and, really, it will just be yet...

But, I do wonder if you are looking at it more from the perspective of events and politics. Where does mental illness fit into this framework? Based o...

Your interpretation of my thread question is interesting. Going back to the time of Nietzsche and Sartre we were looking at two philosophers who depic...

It does seem that we create 'reality in our own path' as far as I can see rather than there being a clear 'absolute reality'. However, it is likely th...

Thanks for your detailed reply yesterday. I never replied because I developed an upset stomach, which was probably related to my not being able to get...

I think that you are correct to bring in the role of government as this with the whole underlying power structures are likely to affect the course of ...

I think that often the choice of words such as energy, spirit and God are preferred ways to referring to the ultimate underlying reality. I don't real...

I think that part of the issue is that every individual thing is part of something else, or in some ways interconnected to everything else, and that a...

Perhaps a good title for a book would be 'The Philosophical Striptease Show.' I am not sure if it would be philosophy discussion, or fiction about sub...

I think that some philosophies do seem to strip everything down to the point where there seems to be nothing left at all. I think that is my basic fee...

I am having one of those days when I am struggling to get my act together, so I didn't follow the gist of your argument. Perhaps, you could spell out ...

I do wonder about energy beyond the idea as a concept in physics to that in experience. I was thinking about that today because I found it such a stru...

Regarding the question of whether computers ask questions I do have one thing which really puzzles me. If I have my music on and I am holding my phone...

You may be right, that with podcasts, videos and so much information we are far from being at a deadend at the present, at least. It may be that this ...

My phone battery may run out at any moment, but I definitely don't think that I am automaton. I think that there may be an unconscious, but I do wonde...

I think that the interest in philosophy, including debates in science, includes the whole spectrum of the layperson and the academic. I am not sure wh...

Ultimately, I think that the purpose of such questions probably comes down to survival, individually and for humanity. Personally, I am just about sur...

I do agree that the way in which philosophy survives in the technology of our times opens up questions and many more questions. Sometimes, I think tha...

I am not sure to what extent science stands out or is the dominant paradigm. There is a whole thread devoted to the praise of science, but apart from ...

I am not convinced that the idea of energy within quantum physics is not worthy of greater philosophical speculation. I think that your discussion of ...

Thanks for your ongoing participation. What I am wondering about is what is energy exactly. I am sure that there is the formula, as expressed in physi...

I have read read some of Kahneman's book, but not all of it. I think framing of life and reality is important, although I am not sure that idea has no...

The question of practical really and philosophy is an interesting slant. I have to admit that I am so much more philosophical than practical, relying ...

I see your point about the hollow men as being those who have been through trauma, but I see it as being more metaphorical, in ways which apply to us ...

I am definitely not asking for any final answers because we don't know the future, but can think of it as a speculative area. I do think it applies to...

Sometimes this site is like a battleground. I remember a few weeks ago when I couldn't sleep and I looked at my phone and found a heated debate going ...

I do agree with your likening of philosophy to painting but that is partly because I enjoy painting. But, about a week ago, in some thread or another,...

I am glad to see you back on the site because I had missed your presence in the last few months. I have to go out for an appointment this afternoon, b...

I think that your question of how can we account for the arts and philosophy is extremely important in our understanding of reality. Ever since I bega...

I don't want to end up in hospital or in a grave yet, although I remember on the first week when I began working in a psychiatric hospital, I dreamt t...

I am glad that my thread has come back to life and replying to yours because it really goes back to the basic question. Some of the thread focused on ...

I will write an answer a bit later this morning when I have got up and had breakfast. I often write replies lying in bed, which probably doesn't help ...

Okay, I will probably need to work harder if I want my threads to work. I think that a couple of people have suggested that often I am inclined to lis...

I do think that each person is like a miniature part of the universe too, and that it goes back to the idea of the microcosm and the macroscom, which ...

I didn't include you in my reply above, but you contributed well to the discussion on my thread and I would like my thread to continue because I do be...

I was pleased to see that you had put an entry in my thread, but, then disappointed that in wishing to respect my thread you wished for the discussion...