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Forum: Nothingland 07-12-2009, 08:29 AM
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Views: 7,322
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What is your ultimate goal in life?

What is your ultimate goal in life?

I can remember two times in my life when I seriously asked my self the question “What are my plans for the future?”

The first time occurred about a year...
Forum: Nothingland 07-10-2009, 03:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,154
Posted By coberst
What is the aesthetic goal of plastic art?

What is the aesthetic goal of plastic art?

Quickies from Wiki:
“Plastic arts are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be molded or modulated in some way, often in three...
Forum: Politics 07-09-2009, 06:48 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 5,466
Posted By coberst
Is America a nation at risk?

Is America a nation at risk?

In 1983, in its landmark report A Nation at Risk, the National Commission on Excellence in Education warned:

"Many 17-year-olds do not possess the 'higher-order'...
Forum: Nothingland 07-06-2009, 07:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,404
Posted By coberst
Aristotle said that all men seek happiness. ...

Aristotle said that all men seek happiness. Freud said that the goal of the pleasure-principle is happiness. Man’s desire for happiness sets at odds to the reality-principle. It is the...
Forum: Nothingland 07-05-2009, 05:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,404
Posted By coberst
Are we all neurotic?

Are we all neurotic?

My reading tells me that we are all neurotic and some of us are so neurotic that we cannot function satisfactorily in normal society and are then considered to be mentally...
Forum: Politics 07-04-2009, 08:00 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,784
Posted By coberst
What is Moral Folk Theory?

What is Moral Folk Theory?

The attempt to seek knowledge presupposes that the world unfolds in a systematic pattern and that we can gain knowledge of that unfolding. Cognitive science identifies...
Forum: Nothingland 07-01-2009, 03:35 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,254
Posted By coberst
No it is not me, it is him.

No it is not me, it is him.
Forum: Nothingland 07-01-2009, 05:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,254
Posted By coberst
Have you ever doubted anthropomorphic polytheism?

Have you ever doubted anthropomorphic polytheism?

Those individuals who comprehend such things, in this case I am speaking of art historians in general and Alois Riegl in particular, inform me...
Forum: Philosophy 07-08-2008, 02:02 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,890
Posted By coberst
I’ve Upped My Income; Now Up Yours

I’ve Upped My Income; Now Up Yours

I would say that a culture consists of the complex of ideas that a group of people hold dear. One can speak of the culture of a small group or of a very large...
Forum: Philosophy 07-07-2008, 05:11 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,182
Posted By coberst
I would say the difference between a virtual...

I would say the difference between a virtual world and the real world is that the real world is grounded in literal experience whereas the virtual world is not grounded.

SGCS (Second Generation...
Forum: Philosophy 07-06-2008, 01:01 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,182
Posted By coberst
Virtual World versus Real World

Virtual World versus Real World

Wo/man worships and fears power; we enthusiastically give our loyalty to our leader. Sapiens are at heart slavish. Therein lay the rub, as Shakespeare might say....
Forum: Philosophy 07-04-2008, 11:00 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,806
Posted By coberst
Extinction and the Dread of Insignificance

Extinction and the Dread of Insignificance

Becker compares three great thinkers Otto Rank, Wilhelm Reich, and Carl Jung to conclude that the three provide us nothing with which to connect their...
Forum: Philosophy 07-04-2008, 05:57 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
Yes

Yes
Forum: Philosophy 07-04-2008, 05:56 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
How does an accomplished tennis player recognize...

How does an accomplished tennis player recognize a neophyte tennis player?
Forum: Philosophy 07-04-2008, 05:52 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,305
Posted By coberst
It is difficult to "know" the writer on the...

It is difficult to "know" the writer on the Internet. But to help you place things in proper perspective I am a retired engineer with 5 children and 7 grandchildren. I also have an MA in philosophy...
Forum: Philosophy 07-04-2008, 05:49 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,305
Posted By coberst
Flint I think you hold the natural sciences...

Flint

I think you hold the natural sciences in too high a regard. The natural sciences deal with objects and the human sciences deal with subjects. There is a great deal of difference between...
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 02:27 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,305
Posted By coberst
1) I suspect very few people see them self as you...

1) I suspect very few people see them self as you do. I suspect you are not conscious of how you really feel about this matter. You might find that reading Ernest Becker’s book “The Birth and Death...
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 02:19 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,305
Posted By coberst
Consciousness, like many words, has more than one...

Consciousness, like many words, has more than one meaning. A person can regain consciousness after being in a state of coma when they were not conscious.

When driving, people are inclined to be...
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 02:13 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
'Trust and verify' is a phrase President Reagan...

'Trust and verify' is a phrase President Reagan popularized.

To trust means to rely upon what another person might say but later verify the validity of the statement.
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 06:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,305
Posted By coberst
We Are Meaning Creating Creatures

We Are Meaning Creating Creatures

The great truth of human nature is that wo/man strives for meaning. S/he imposes on raw experience symbolic categories of thought, and does so with conceptual...
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 06:33 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
Our world is becoming too complex for the luxury...

Our world is becoming too complex for the luxury for apathy.
Forum: Philosophy 07-03-2008, 06:31 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
I agree, everyone is a "trust but verify"...

I agree, everyone is a "trust but verify" thinker. I think that we must go far beyond that form of thinking. Our world is far too complex for such a mode of thinking.
Forum: Philosophy 07-02-2008, 12:23 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
Observation, reading, and judgment leads me to...

Observation, reading, and judgment leads me to conclude that very few people are Critical Thinkers and one generally must be a Critical Thinker to continually analyze the meanings that we live by.
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Forum: Philosophy 07-02-2008, 01:16 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,814
Posted By coberst
Critical Thinker Habitually Pulls Back the Curtain

Critical Thinker Habitually Pulls Back the Curtain

I guess, for all of us, a meme that gives impetuous to much of our behavior is the “capitalism is good” meme. This meme, with its closest...
Forum: Philosophy 06-30-2008, 05:21 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,188
Posted By coberst
Turtles and Humans Have Much in Common

Turtles and Humans Have Much in Common

I had once concluded it to be natural that when confronted by a new idea humans tended to do a turtle; withdraw into their shell until the coast was clear. ...
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