Jack Cummins

I would certainly say that people are not guilty for the fantasies which arise, but perhaps it matters how we react to our fantasies. I would see cons...

I don't know what to say, other than ask if you believe that prejudice matters at all?

Where does instinct end and where does belief come in? Where does emotion fit into the picture?

Let us hope that the mental health system is becoming more aware of biases, such as racism. I have worked in mental health care and there is dialogue....

I don't think that the matter is about 'flagellating oneself' about thinking about subconscious attitudes. What I am really saying is that often the i...

I take on board your point of view, but the only thing I would point out is the way in which prejudices can become systemic. It is established within ...

I would agree with you that many prejudices are learned. The most obvious is that racism was more common in the past or in certain groups of the popul...

I would not say that any human being can live up to the ideal of being free of any prejudice, in the way that anyone can achieve complete wisdom. Howe...

I do believe that you have an important idea in connecting premonitions with the future. I think it also raises the question whether the past determin...

I am interested in the topic you have raised but didn't respond to the actual poll because I am not sure about the terms paranormal or supernatural. I...

I don't think that any of this is about whether discussions are compelling or not to one another. I think it is more about whether topics are sensitiv...

Yes, I think that we are able to use words carefully to fight against oppression, rather than be coerced by it. Of course, it works both ways, so it i...

I am glad, because I don't think that discussion on sexuality should be beyond the boundaries, or we would be going back into a Kantian atmosphere. I ...

I don't know it is that straightforward. I just got a reply from my comment about philosophy and sex in which the person seemed to think that any disc...

I think that the thread is going in a dangerous direction.

I may be going out of my depth in getting into this discussion, especially as its after midnight, but I am writing from a genuine point of view. I was...

All words are limited and I love words, reading or writing them but they are a reflection of our subjective truth. There was the whole philosophy of l...

Nietzsche's main goals weren't happiness or virtue. He was questioning values in a much deeper way, and highlighted this in the passage you quote. Nie...

Perhaps the problem is that sex has been repressed and suppressed area of discussion within philosophy, while being the centre of many other aspects o...

Yes, I like the yogic writers on subtle bodies. I was thinking about the whole idea of subtle bodies a couple of days ago and did not write it in my d...

I would imagine that it may not have been so problematic if it had not been in the title. It would make it stand out like a newspaper headline. But th...

I think that steampunk fiction has emerged as the new offshoot where cyberpunk was going. So, perhaps we will see people with steam engines attached a...

I feel that you are missing the historic basis of the word 'defect' being applied to gay people, or any particular group of people.

I don't think that perspective on the view of mind and matter is unique to Marcuse. It is a whole tradition of thinking, especially the transpersonal ...

Why do you feel the need 'to take off' suddenly after creating a number of threads?

I never read the thread but I would say that the very word 'defect' is open to criticism because it makes a value judgement about normality and accept...

Personally, I'm inclined to think that the way quantum physics is going gives far more scope for imagination than many other sciences, including the s...

Perhaps there are robots walking around now and we don't even know it. Also, Guirjieff stressed that many human beings live in a robotic state of cons...

That's fine, because some areas have been explored so much. It is probably interesting when the discussions go in new directions, because philosophy i...

Thanks for your links to discussions in older threads. They are a little before I joined the forum . I do understand that people who have put forward ...

I definitely would not advocate that people just hold on to mainstream religious beliefs, especially in countries where there are low education standa...

I would say that while metaphysical and epistemological points of view should be not seen as philosophical ends they are implicit in most systems of b...

I would say that the term 'legitimacy' could be used and abused politically as an idea of entitlement, backed up within a legal framework. It is one o...

I think that it is possible that your underlying feeling that you are selfish and undeserving may be contributing to your ongoing health problems, esp...

I do think that you are right to point to the way in which energy, and relativity, is an important aspect in the way of thinking on the spectrum in be...

I am glad that my thread is helpful. I am grateful for you and all the other people who engage with me. I must say that I have found using this site a...

Thank you for your link to the ideas of Northoff. I think that you raise many good points in your comment. So far, I have not had any reference to the...

When I spoke of our limited human view I was not speaking of seeing through the eyes of another but more of the limits of possible knowledge in virtue...

I have a strong interest in mental illness and have worked in the mental health care, so I am interested in your view. I feel that what you saying is ...

I will just say that I haven't used any drugs in a very long while. The psychedelic experimentation I referred to was when I was a student.

Yes, I did wonder if I was coming from a rather different angle from you. I would imagine that I do not adhere to idealism in a conventional sense at ...

I do agree with you in wishing to go beyond the position of Cartesian dualism, as well as the division between the material and the physical and non m...

I would say that I do think that you are correct to physical and mental are vague terms used to highlight features of certain aspects of reality'. Thi...

I can say your understanding of the philosophy of egoism to the consideration of the way in which we experience the ego. Even though I have sympathy w...

I am not wishing to contradict you. I am only saying that it is not a matter of scientists vs an opposite party. It always takes a while for the mains...

Despite you feeling disconcerted by what I wrote to you late last night, I am really concerned about the catastrophe which is likely to occur within t...

I have wondered at times if the physical world is illusory, as 'maya', described by the Hindus. If anything, it sometimes seems like we are suspended ...

I wonder if we had a situation of war now whether people would be in many countries would be prepared to sacrifice for the supposed greater good as oc...

I am sorry if I come across as being disconcerting. I just like to think critically, but I am logging out for the night now, so you can continue your ...

I will have a think about how egoism fits into the picture overnight. It is way of thinking outside of the box of dualism.