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And, how do you reconcile this with an interest in socialism on behalf of the philosophy major?
July 17, 2019 at 22:45
The risk to you or the unborn child? What's to say that your child or whatnot is going to do that?
July 17, 2019 at 22:32
Can you elaborate on this? I think most phil or econ majors tend to equate Marxist ideology with socialism.
July 17, 2019 at 22:28
Ok, this at least makes more sense to me in that the philosopher is concerned with the welfare of the entire community they live in instead of solely ...
July 17, 2019 at 22:25
Really? So, you're basically saying that philosophers can't make money from their trade, therefore they need government handouts to support them?
July 17, 2019 at 22:23
It's funny because I went to college to study economics. (Compare econ majors with phil one's in the graph). The underlying sentiment of most of my pr...
July 17, 2019 at 20:03
Here's some perspective on the matter: http://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/socialism-philosophy-majors.png
July 17, 2019 at 19:57
But, how is that sentiment for you to decide? This is wallowsome. How is that a bad thing? How does this make sense if you can only speak for yourself...
July 17, 2019 at 19:48
Maybe people don't like it (reality) being right all the time?
July 17, 2019 at 02:55
Why do people focus on questions as to whether something is real or not? Something about such questions seems very fishy.
July 17, 2019 at 02:43
Yes; but, don't memories serve as some sort of proof that we actually have something that constitutes an identity?
July 17, 2019 at 02:36
I don't think it makes sense to talk about motivation or stuff like that in isolation. Many things actually facilitate and maintain motivation. Such a...
July 17, 2019 at 02:33
With this I agree. This is somewhat wallowsome... https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/2e3/36/pigsoatsoriginal.jpg
July 17, 2019 at 01:50
Pigs can be quite cute. Just look at my merry friends over here: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/8a9a2d7a465724b4fb53641...
July 17, 2019 at 01:11
Apologies, as I only want Green Eggs and Ham. I am quite poetically illiterate. https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/green-eggs-and-ham-netf...
July 16, 2019 at 04:57
July 15, 2019 at 22:57
Yeah, I see dreams as more psychedelic than any drug you could take. Many people think that mind-expanding drugs are some answer to spiritual concerns...
July 15, 2019 at 22:18
The unconscious doesn't get much love, despite all the work it does for 'us'. I think, consciousness is a very narrow and limited aspect of being... W...
July 15, 2019 at 21:56
Sure. Though, if you're interested in lucid dreaming, there's a bunch of websites that have information about different techniques and methods to indu...
July 15, 2019 at 21:38
I bought this a while back, still waiting for it to get delivered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arenar/iband-eeg-headband-that-helps-you-sleep...
July 15, 2019 at 21:13
Got it. I thought it could have been looked over given that this is the Lounge. But, now I know!
July 15, 2019 at 21:07
I feel you.
July 15, 2019 at 21:03
:fear:
July 15, 2019 at 21:03
Does anyone care to analyze a recurrent dream I've been having for the past 10 years? Ever since I moved out of Europe, when I turned 18, I've been ha...
July 15, 2019 at 20:29
Bump
July 15, 2019 at 04:07
Well, I find dreams to be too emotionally charged and insightful to simply dismiss. They are "real" in regards to our inner world at play, don't you t...
July 14, 2019 at 23:46
A very long time ago, I had a dream, where this issue was raised. It was a very bittersweet dream for me. I say this because I confronted a dream char...
July 14, 2019 at 23:39
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dream-catcher/201608/non-self-characters-in-lucid-dreams
July 14, 2019 at 23:33
No idea, that's what's so fascinating about dreams, is that they are manifestations of the psyche at work... Usually, one can surmise some form of nar...
July 14, 2019 at 23:25
I suppose it's interesting in that agency unifies one's personality into a unitary entity instead of the dream characters running amok in dreams. What...
July 14, 2019 at 23:23
Yes, I think actors who play roles, have a higher level of awareness or ability to integrate these different personalities than other people. Heath Le...
July 14, 2019 at 23:20
It's just illogical that we treat these dream entities as having a mind of their own in my opinion; but, in principle, I suppose you can have a dream ...
July 14, 2019 at 23:18
Well, just elaborating on the OP. Dream characters have come to symbolize ancient spirits, shamans, archetypes, and all that sort of stuff. I think th...
July 14, 2019 at 22:55
On days like that wallowing is in order.
July 14, 2019 at 16:38
Just throwing some thoughts out there.
July 14, 2019 at 06:10
Well, I believe that the child understands the context of the word "function" by the verbal tone/pitch and whatnot along with the intension of the spe...
July 14, 2019 at 05:54
Psychologism?
July 14, 2019 at 05:50
More blatant overgeneralizing and black-and-white thinking. If you don't like those labels, then here's a new one: Your creating one hellova-straw man...
July 13, 2019 at 22:43
This is new. I've never seen such an argument professed by any antinatalist...
July 13, 2019 at 22:33
Saffra impressed Wittgenstein with his gesture that Wittgenstein applauded in the difference between saying and showing, so the CP doesn't quite fit i...
July 13, 2019 at 22:23
I never meant to imply that all antinatalists are all depressed blokes. But, that they are projecting their own concerns about the world onto the rest...
July 13, 2019 at 22:07
Wallows...
July 13, 2019 at 07:55
But, that doesn't give him the right to say that the unborn fetus should not live!
July 13, 2019 at 07:55
But, what is the antinatalist really telling us?
July 13, 2019 at 07:54
But, your position is inherently based on the subjective experience of suffering or strife, which you try to rationalize into an objective brute fact ...
July 13, 2019 at 06:42
Uhh, really? I used to profess a negative outlook on life; but, this isn't trolling in the least. And, you shouldn't care about what others think. I a...
July 13, 2019 at 04:46
See, and that's a form of black-and-white thinking along with overgeneralizing. You prevent the unborn fetus to make up their own mind in regards to t...
July 13, 2019 at 04:44
No trolling implied. I stand by what I said, that you didn't care to address.
July 13, 2019 at 04:34
Nice work. Been wondering about how the (CP) coincides with the apparent pragmatic touch of the later Wittgenstein.
July 13, 2019 at 03:40
But since I now am on SSDI I get to wallow every day...
July 12, 2019 at 18:22