In some ways I can relate to the nihilistic conclusions you come to, although I think that is only one of possible conclusions to come to. This would ...
I realise that you believe that art is about beauty. However, your discussion of this in relation to the this seems to be mainly abstract. So, I am ju...
Your question as to why the rehabilitation model which is adopted with people who self harm is not applied to those who harm others touches upon debat...
In some hospitals, alcohol gel gets removed because people do literally drink it if they are desperate with alcohol cravings. I have seen in a number ...
The difficulty in an open political discussion is that politics is so loaded in its history, biases and emotive stances. It can soon become an arena i...
You suggest that 'if literally everyone stayed at home for two weeks the virus would die out'. It is a pity that it is not that simple. I am sure that...
But that is just taking philosophy from a Marxist approach. There are many different angles and ways of seeing life, death and the universe. Surely, t...
So are you actually suggesting that philosophy should end as an endeavour? Surely, Marx changed his view because he saw the importance of thinking rat...
I am certainly not wishing to undermine the success of finding four vaccines, and I am certainly hoping for the best. We still have to hope that the w...
I think that you make an important point about the need for 'a new understanding of the world.' Of course, this is not unique to art, and definitely a...
I would encourage you to think about exploring your ideas which you have not shared, especially as you feel that you have "no prospects'. Unfortunatel...
I think that you are right to point to the way in which you point to the way in which the philosophy of disasters involves ethics. The only thing whic...
In a thread a few days ago I was saying how life in our present culture has become too pressured, especially in the workplace. People are being expect...
On face level, I think your thread probably appears as if it one which favours self-centred thinking but I do believe that there is so much fear and m...
One matter which I think has not been addressed by policy makers is whether social distancing is really stopping the virus? In particular, today I hea...
I have been reading in the news about the way in which some countries are facing being given poorer quality vaccines, or none at all. So, let's hope t...
What do you think of Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence? It is something that I do wonder about at times. Perhaps in aeons of time I will be writi...
In South London, during a previous time in between lockdowns, I saw on many occasions groups of school pupils, and they looked about 16 years old at l...
I googled the idea of four dimensionalism. The problem is that there are so many theories and we all dip in and out of them as we choose. But what I w...
Just to add to the discussion regarding toilets f, my friend who used to make paintings on the theme of urinals, did this making the walls and structu...
I do not believe that the picture you have is wide enough in its scope. One writer, who you may well have heard of, is Fritjof Capra. I came across hi...
I am all in favour of art as a means of provoking and being about the unexpected. I do believe at that level it has the power to bring about change. T...
On another thread I had just written a post about the whole question of the nature of causes because I believe that it is extremely complex. The conte...
The way in which ideas began as instincts and became more sophisticated is interesting. Of course, it does still leave questions about the where these...
Perhaps Jung did say that synchronicity was about patterns and not causes but I still think that the whole idea did have implications about causality....
If there are yes or no answers to most philosophy questions, it does not mean that we are able to know them with certainty. The most obvious example h...
I would say that synchronicity is more than paradoelia. I do believe that it is one aspect of causality at an invisible level. I do believe that what ...
After thinking about the possibility of mankind's annihilation yesterday evening I felt really sad. But the whole question of annihilation as a goal t...
I did not take your comment as s personal question. If anything, it helped me to reflect on how I have been writing almost on a manic level.It is the ...
I am sorry that you are finding my post as being not specific enough. Apart from the current discussion which is about ideas and whether they are obje...
Yes, I do think that your whole debate on originality, comprehensability, relatability, popularity and accuracy is important to. I was thinking about ...
Yes, I think that the whole petroleum problem is the biggest one. Anyway, I have a couple of other replies from you on other threads. I will look at t...
I definitely see signs of decadence. Often, the signs of decadence come from religious parts of the population, but obviously we are speaking in a muc...
I would say that there is definitely a clear relationship between action and results. However, what I wonder about is the role of intentionality and c...
I think that you are partly right, but I would say that we are driven by our animal sides and rational aspects, with emotions as somewhere in between....
I would say that the positive side of the pandemic is that it makes us aware that we are all vulnerable. It can be transmitted as easily to the poor a...
Yes, what happens to consciousness when you leave university? Perhaps you can end up behaving forever more in an afterlife of acting like a student. T...
In a post yesterday I was saying that it is very sad that people are starting to expect books, music and other works for free, without appreciating of...
I have read a fair amount of dystopian fiction, but the idea of a society based on this would be problematic.That is not to say that the realisation o...
I can't possibly think that you would get banned. Even though I am not someone who advocates banning people I can see that the two people who were ban...
The discussion on self-fulfilling prophecy was in the thread on disasters and where are we going. I would be interested in the topic but I will log of...
I do wonder about where humanity is going and it something which I probably have thought about since childhood. The last few years have raised so much...
I am taking it as an obvious standard rule that we can quote others, because that applies to all writing, including academic writing. I would be The o...
I generally like to keep thread discussion as open as possible but I would welcome any suggestions for specifics. I created this thread about 6 weeks ...
I see that this is your first post on the site, so I hope that you find some interesting discussions. I have been thinking about the issue of ideas si...
It is almost midday and I have not got out of bed yet because I haven't recovered from reading about the recent banning. I read the news of the bannin...
This is a fairly old thread in the sense that I have probably started about five since this one. However, I am interested by your claim that every ide...
Perhaps people are worried really and that makes them avoidant. I guess we all use escape mechanisms. Sometimes I start to write posts and begin to al...
What you are saying is very important. I am glad that you have placed it here because at least it cannot be ignored. I have been trying to engage in d...
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