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What Is Reading?

Submitted by MasterMind on Sunday, June 2, 2019 12:49 PM

What Is Reading?

Image by 【中文ID】愚木混株 【ins-ID】cdd20 from http://Pixabay.com This is an important question, but there is a surprising lack of research in analytic philosophy on this topic. To be fair, considerations about reading are central to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s discussion of rule-following ( https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/#RuleFollPrivLang ) in his later work, especially in the Philosophical Investigations. This discussion is rightly famous, Read More…

Wise Curse, Wise Blessing

Submitted by Shaddai on Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:27 AM

Wise Curse, Wise Blessing

Image by Vicki Nunn from http://Pixabay.com People have this idea of being “good at” stuff. In the name of being good at stuff, people defeat themselves. The talented never give much thought to being good at what they do, they just do it naturally, and would still do it even if no one else praised Read More…

Gematria: The Link Between Numbers And Letters

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, May 31, 2019 1:09 PM

Gematria: The Link Between Numbers And Letters

http://www.targatocn.it Count the numerical values Of the letters in Nero’s name, And in “murdered his own mother”: You’ll find the sum is the same. This piece of doggerel, written on a wall in Rome around 60 CE, points to a widespread (and very likely true) rumour that was circulating about the wicked emperor Nero: that Read More…

George Orwell’s Guide To The News

Submitted by Fortean on Thursday, May 30, 2019 2:56 PM

George Orwell’s Guide To The News

Image by Gordon Johnson from http://Pixabay.com The Western mainstream media falsifies the news resorting to euphemisms, half-truths and lies in the best (worst) style of George Orwell’s novel 1984. We all live in the unreal world of “Newspeak” used by the Global Power Elite to control our minds. Man gets confused when things that happen Read More…

About Virtue And Wisdom

Submitted by Kim on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 10:36 AM

About Virtue And Wisdom

Image by naturepost from http://Pixabay.com When you lend somebody something you assume he (or she) will give the item back in due time. To lend you have to Trust somebody. There are many ways to create a trusted relation. When a long term trusted relationship grows out of a long chain of interactions the Iterated Read More…

The Seven Principles Of Spiritualism

Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:24 AM

The Seven Principles Of Spiritualism

Image by ambroo from http://Pixabay.com A Personal Interpretation … The seven principles described here were given in the 19th century through the mediumship of Emma Hardinge Britten. They are widely accepted by Spiritualists and Spiritualist organizations around the world as the cornerstone of their philosophy. However, these principles are worthy of reflection by all faiths Read More…

How We Create Our Own Spiritual Growth

Submitted by Teal on Monday, May 27, 2019 12:09 PM

How We Create Our Own Spiritual Growth

Image by Sofia Cristina Córdova Valladares from Image from http://Pixabay.com During our spiritual Journey we accumulate a vast amount of knowledge of the world. From the books read, lectures heard and conversations we try to pick the useful and interesting bits of information, ideas, thoughts and theories.  We attempt to make an image of reality from the Read More…

Jesus, MLK, And Hitler Walk Into A Bar – Who Gets Served First?

Submitted by Mad Max on Sunday, May 26, 2019 2:12 PM

Jesus, MLK, And Hitler Walk Into A Bar – Who Gets Served First?

Image by StockSnap from http://Pixabay.com There’s been increasing talk of compassionate engagement with both sides of the white supremacy struggle. It is a calling for a more Buddhist, nonviolent, noble, and in many ways unbiased approach of seeking to understand what’s behind all the anger on the other side. Jesus turning the other cheek, or Read More…

The Rite

Submitted by Mr. Jones on Saturday, May 25, 2019 12:21 PM

The Rite

derivative images I have been examining cases of demonic possession and reading every piece of written material I can find on the topic. The reason for this is because I myself am currently in the process of writing a book based on demonic possession and exorcism, and because I am so sick and tired of Read More…

Science Fiction As Philosophy

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, May 24, 2019 11:28 AM

Science Fiction As Philosophy

https://isorepublic.com/photo/mr-spock-street-art/ CC0 Creative Commons Ploddingly detailed expository arguments deserve a central role in academic philosophy. Yay for boring stuff![*] But emotionally engaging fiction can be philosophy too. And science fiction or "speculative fiction" has a special philosophical value that is insufficiently appreciated by mainstream philosophers. Canonically recognized Western philosophers have often worked through fiction: Sartre's Read More…

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