Shawn

Oh, okay. Whatever floats your boat.

I thought your jokes didn't need so much explaining. Gosh...

Tell me one of yer stories Pops. When you were all young and handsome. :cool:

Haha, but it isn't all about you, dummy, haha! Be more mature.

It's good to see you round these parts. :blush:

Me myself and I!

Haha, me me me. Me too!

Good for you. :blush:

Well, I don't see how you can be pejorative towards the elderly. Maybe it's true that not all old people are mature, so I guess you can be happy in so...

Example of being biased towards the elderly or what?

See my comment here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/264268

Oh, OK. What's your point? Same question.

I have a lot of respect for the elderly. It doesn't phase me if the person came from the upper echelons of society or even how they got so old. Every ...

Use, friction and all that other Witty jazz you've heard up to your ears about?

Yes, the donkey could have cared less.

Sorry. Wrong number. What text are you reading?

Existing account and the rest of the information you requested?

TimeLine! :cry:

I believe that it can be done through reason and rationality. To ascertain the validity of beliefs as they present themselves uninhibitedly.

Yes, we must reality test the truth aptness of our beliefs as the way we are.

Well, we must be responsible for our beliefs too, no?

No other way, I see.

You mean you've never heard of confirmation bias?

Not really related to maturity; but, illustrative that a socioeconomic conception of a "class" upon which the concept of "maturity" or "respect" or "p...

On the whole of it, I don't think it boils down to class. See the movie, Being There for example.

Ehh, Wallows just feels old already. As if one were to give a fixed income living, house, and caring mother is enough for this bloke.

How so? I'm not apt enough to see the merit to that conclusion.

Quite so.

Well, I don't think it's a strictly either or situation. Maturity can manifest in wisdom, which is timeless and surpasses 'feelings' or intuitions.

Yeah; but doesn't the state of being "mature", surpass or transcend those superficial divisions?

Yes, quite true. I have had my reservations about CBT as a reflexive "band-aid" that can be applied at the symptoms of an issue; but, never really the...

That's irrelevant, but his point is still valid. If you want to go way back then you could even call it a Spartan mindset.

Well, women are known in the field of ethics for their sense of care and compassion that is a somewhat inherent feature of women rather than men. I am...

Yes; but, it is assumed that women never retire, only males do due to the above. Hence, isn't your comment distorted by male masculinity or it being d...

What do you mean by "authentic self"? I find this concept interesting.

Yes, there is a disposition to view the Buddhist's life as restricted and self-deprivation; but, I don't necessarily feel as though this is true. One ...

I mean to imply that since there is no way to reason with depressive ruminations or anxious neurosis, then one must wait for the storm to pass and cle...

And there was a donkey that ate his own figs. It was so funny that Chrysippus died from it.

Perhaps one as close as possible to a Buddhist one, what do you think about it?

Well, if one were to actually believe in the notion that gratifying wants and needs would produce lasting happiness, then I suppose that would be a ra...

Well, there is a typical tendency to place a great deal of emphasis on the gratification of wants and needs as resulting in happiness. This is a disto...

If only I could read 1/10'th of what StreetlightX does, ho hum...

Ah, both comforting stories to the mind. Yet, strangely comforting in their fatalism. Going to Las Vegas to have fun might be a good example. If one w...

How about Wittgenstein, or Schopenhauer? Yes, it is puzzling. I suggest the best option is to always listen to what is rational?

Plato would have called it an ailment of the mind and society that produces such disharmonious states of affairs. Marcus Aurelius was very concerned w...

Isn't that "philosophy" in a nutshell? Hehe?

As far as I'm aware the Prefrontal cortex is responsible for inhibition of emotions and stimulus control. As someone interested in a lifelong goal of ...

True. What do you think about "emotional reasoning"? I'm trying to disambiguate this concept here.

So, is it ideation itself to assert that some state of affairs will lead to complete bliss and nirvana? Buddhism talks about such a state of affairs q...

Ah, an important concept. Self-regulation. Why do people stray away from some safe equilibrium or state of affairs and risk disturbing themselves? Wha...