Jack Cummins

It is hard to know sometimes how many the fault lies within us or outside of ourselves when we are suffering. We could ask what is suffering objective...

Perhaps I have built a corner of refuge for the shadow philosophers, trapped in the cave, who would like to be able to grasp ultimate reality, but if ...

Yes, I believe that we need muses for philosophia, rather than just philosophy texts. Possibly the reason why many people may go outside of the discip...

It is probably about entering into certain mental states rather than actual philosophy. I remember one of the consultant psychiatrists I worked with j...

I think that you are missing so much by not having an affinity with rock and other related genres. But, of course, I realise that is my bias. I grew u...

I am not sure how health care is different in America but in England there I am more worried that we are on the verge of losing what we have rather th...

In some ways, it could be that the true philosopher kings or queens may not emerge from the world of philosophy but from within the arts, especially m...

I replied to your second post before seeing your first. Thanks for the link with listings of philosophy activities in London. I was not really looking...

Yes, I think we need some kind of philosopher king to show us the way. The only problem is that the philosophers are not really considered as kings at...

Absolutely, I sometimes think that the Doors track which is most relevant for the current time is, 'When the Music's Over.'

That's interesting. I have never actually heard of the British Society of Phenomenology. I may look it up. I am fairly interested in phenomenology but...

I don't know if you wished to make a comment, because you seem to have sent an empty message.

If England lost the NHS I think it would the complete end of the country. Significant proportions of the population would die literally. It would be o...

I think that if England lost the NHS it would be the biggest misfortune for England. If people had to pay for healthcare, most would probably simply g...

I know that you say that domestic abuse is disgusting but only be crime if it results in death. Surely ithat would be the most extreme form that resul...

Actually, the whole experience of suffering is the starting point for searching in many ways. It prompted the quest of the Buddha, and I am sure that ...

From what I have read crime rates have gone up during the pandemic but I wouldn't be able to quote the numbers and it vary in different locations and ...

I really love the post you wrote. It has many points of wisdom. The only one which I am not at all sure about is, 'What is terrible is easy to endure....

I certainly haven't found many philosophy discussion groups in England. I did have an informal one to go to in someone 's home to at one point and I a...

I believe that it is a good idea to start a thread based on the ideas of Julian Jaynes. His work gets mentioned occasionally on various threads, but h...

I think that you are right to say that philosophy as an interest is a peculiar one andI like the idea of it being ' a praxis of interrogation', and, o...

Based on my experience of working in England, it is hard to balance the emphasis on quality of patient care and statistics. I think that it fluctuates...

I do agree with your point about whether or not one makes a living out of being a philosopher being an important marker. I can remember saying in a th...

Yes, it is funny, because we can hope that being good looking won't be the essential attribute required to be a philosopher, even in this time. I know...

I am not sure of the exact details of what can be done for the environment, such as energy, because while I read a certain point of science that is no...

I do believe that the brink of catastrophe is one of the biggest philosophical issues of our time, although not the only one. I have been in a s numbe...

I think that archetypes are central to our lives. I did a one term of a course on mythology. I think that it is a whole field of study in its own righ...

I think that speculative metaphysics is central and is what makes philosophy so interesting. It is this side of it which gravitates and, keeps me tran...

I am definitely not in favour of philosophy being the exclusive territory of the philosophers. I am approaching the topic as a person rather than as a...

I am not saying that the view is suggested is one that is the best possible one, but I think that it is worth reflecting on, because I do think that m...

I have just found one definition of philosophy which I find interesting, and it is from George Stuart Fullerton(1859): 'The philosopher is a man to wh...

I do think that what it means to be a human being could be seen as a central question because it is essential to each person. It is one which permeate...

I do wonder if the finding of happiness and even the other one have moved into becoming more the task and scope of psychology more than philosophy. Be...

You raise an excellent question which could be seen as a subtext to the one I am asking. However, I am not sure that I have the knowledge or authority...

I think that there is probably some difference in philosophy and mathematics as academic or general pursuit, although I know that there is a philosoph...

Your question makes me feel so sad because you are speaking of how someone who is considered as being important will have still be seen as being so af...

I do agree with your emphasis on how we engage in philosophy all our lives and how, in many ways, we can all be philosophers. Of course, what we think...

I see 'what to think' and 'what to think about' as being completely different. The first would imply that there was a set body of knowledge which lead...

Thank goodness we have this forum. It does give us so much scope. We get so much opportunity to share ideas with people internationally and on such di...

I answered your reply amidst some others and looking back on the thread just now, I realise how important your points were. Obviously, there are vario...

Perhaps my problem is that I just don't have the right armchair. I just can't wait until coffee shops are open and I can go back and sit on a comforta...

It's a good quote, but I have never heard of Jim Harrison? Is he a singer or poet?

I imagined you having some kind of community of philosophers, so I am obviously wrong. If only..

Yes, it is interesting to know how many people on the forum would care what the 'snobby' philosophers would make of us. I think that it would be a var...

I am aware that you do believe that the academic world of philosophy is important, but also the whole demystification of ideas in general. I think tha...

It does seem that many people do seem to express their imagination differently to the way they do as children. I have run art groups for adults and ha...

I know that your remark about the 'secret handshake' of the philosophers was a joke, but what does worry me is a possibility that the idea does expres...

I have worked in mental health care and I do believe that the direction that aspect of healthcare is going towards is recovery focused models of care....

I won't get into the discussion of being a real philosopher on this thread because I just couldn't resist the temptation to create a thread on it. How...

I do agree that it is better to define someone else as a philosopher than oneself. If a person chose to adopt the label without a socially negotiated ...