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Recent or Next, New Theories – What are they?
What are recent or emerging theories (late 20th/early 21st century)? And what are their theoretical limits in teaching or application/usage (if any exist)?
:: STARTED BY Suprabahpoo
:: 46 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:00 09.05.04
Polyamory
A discussion on the philosophy, model and practice of polyamory, and the role it plays in human social evolution.
:: STARTED BY Papess
:: 78 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:52 04.05.04
Hedonism understands
As we move into an age where humanity seems bent on self-destruction, we should liberate our minds and embrace the philosophy that truly opposes this barbarous path - hedonism.
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:10 01.05.04
Changing views
Basically it's a simple question: Do you feel that your view of the world, life, reality, whatever, are changing or static? If changing, how much and how fast?
:: STARTED BY LykeX
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:18 30.04.04
Cyborgs .. Identity in the 21st Century?
Im interested in how people defines the nature and idea of the cyborg in the twenty first century in relation to their own lives and sense of personal identity. Is it just a theoretical construct, Hollywood - sci-fi mythology, or do you feel that you are already cyborg?
:: STARTED BY RokFX
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:52 30.04.04
Paying for our mistakes
Should cash incentives be introduced to encourage people to give up their bad habits?
:: STARTED BY zee
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:08 25.04.04
Free Will vs. Determinism.
The question of whether or not a human being decides his own actions has always irritated me slightly. Something about it just rubs me the wrong way. This is not because I prefer one answer to the other, but because I cannot make the distinction between the two concepts themselves.
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:20 23.04.04
Slavery and Owning Animals
Owning Humans & Owning Animals. Think one is wrong and the other is right? Explain.
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 86 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:32 22.04.04
Straw Dogs
Pop philosopher John Gray up to his usual tricks - do we care? Gray's Professor of European Thought at LSE - the reviews of his books are glowing (if not verging on sycophantic) - and it's published by the extremely reputable Granta. So why are we being subjected to this dull, dull pop philosophising? Many of his points are interesting, but he completely fails to make them work for his overall theme.
:: STARTED BY misterpc
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:28 22.04.04
Do Women Lack Ambition?
And I quote: "For men, ambition is considered a necessary and desirable part of life. Most women, however, associate ambition with egotism, self-aggrandizement, or manipulation."
:: STARTED BY Tom Coates
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:08 16.04.04
Does the hero create an enemy?
Declaring that all entertainment ought to be examined by the government to judge whether it is suitable and appropriate for public consumption opens the door for an ideology that declares that no entertainment should ever be subject to censorship. And so on...
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:29 16.04.04
The concept of divinity as conceived by the mainstream Christian church
How much control does God have? Where does free will come in? What does the Christian church generally believe?
:: STARTED BY 40%
:: 37 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:56 08.04.04
The Guardian, transphobia and do lesbians get a day pass?
The Guardian recently published an article which has been accused of insensitivity and transphobia. Is there any value to its position, and why on Earth was it not subjected to same loving degree of subediting as Julie Burchill's columns?
:: STARTED BY West Baltimore Hausing Project
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:38 08.04.04
Meme theory: Who's that guy?
Memes and viruses... who is it?
:: STARTED BY Aertho
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:54 08.04.04
Self-Concept
Self portraiture based on self concept...can you know who you really are?
:: STARTED BY ellen
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:29 06.04.04
Are power differentials in relationships a bad thing in themselves?
How do we judge the validity of power differentials? The two theories proposed to start with are (a) by a person's ability to use power responsibly and (b) by a person's right to have power in the first place. Other theories welcome.
:: STARTED BY 40%
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:08 04.04.04
Science as an atheists religion?
Is there more to nature than just what we can see and measure? Modern science would say yes! Shouldn't the unknown aspect of science be what religion is based on? Will science/technology create 'heaven on earth' or will it destroy earth? If possible, how could science bring peace on earth? How would science improve peoples relationships with one another?
:: STARTED BY ajm
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:45 04.04.04
The pursuit of youth - contemporary culture's validation/obsession with youth and its sexuality
Spin-off from the paedophilia thread, for clarity. This thread is for examining the potentially fuzzy borderlines between acceptable and unacceptable attraction to youth in our cultures - examples, contradictions, etc.
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:09 03.04.04
Is paedophilia bad? (Opinionated thread)
This is my opinion: if someone who considers themself to be an adult has consensual sex with someone who considers themselves to be adolescent, then this is bad, especcially if the sex is the only main point of the relationship.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 58 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:50 01.04.04
Flirting with dark power systems & avant fascism
"R.U.Sirius the old mondo 2000 editor guy once remarked that flirting with neo nazi imagery was about flirting with dark power systems and making that power benevolent, a kind of lead into gold, harnessing the power of dark imagery and subverting it."
:: STARTED BY Rage is back! Attack!
:: 40 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:44 01.04.04
Taboo, or, is everything permitted?
a framework for adjusting one's own belief system relative to cultural taboo...with some disconcerting conclusions.
:: STARTED BY sine
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:47 01.04.04
The development of gaming as a participatory experience (previously "Tom Coates?")
The development of gaming as a participatory and mimetic process, with reference to Greek tragedy, starting from a post made by Tom previously.
:: STARTED BY Sandy Claws
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:53 29.03.04
Louis Mackey
i saw this interesting guy in Slackers and found out he was a philosopher. i was just wondering if ya could help me out a bit.
:: STARTED BY reFLUX
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:48 27.03.04
Christianity as a hollow spiritual experience.
Jung argued that Christian civilisation had proven hollow and fruitless and that while people use Christianity as their public-religion, in their souls the primitive concepts of the older polytheistic traditions still reign. So is Christianity a hollow spiritual experience?
:: STARTED BY ajm
:: 92 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:11 27.03.04
Choosing A Spiritual Path - The Hows and Whys.
How did you come to believe what you believe (or don't believe?) regarding spirituality, faith and existence.
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:58 25.03.04
"She Asked for it..." The correct viewpoint on domestic violence?
Domestic violence and the 'she loves it really' school of thinking. Is it ignorance or just personal opinion?
:: STARTED BY Olulabelle
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:49 21.03.04
Does religion really help us?
Is religion a useful tool for human improvement, a survival from a time when it was necessary to ensure human survival, an evil cause of war or none of the above?
:: STARTED BY fabi
:: 63 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:46 20.03.04
The eye of the why sits mainly with the pie.
...does the 'why' truly matter or does the use of 'why' as a tool and divining rod creates the essence within existence....
:: STARTED BY archon666
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:29 18.03.04
The world: textbook or work of fiction?
conspiracy theory vs Occam's razor - their uses and their limitations; reading strategies; world as text. With reference to the Global War On Terrorism.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:52 16.03.04
Exclusion/Inclusion
GRIM asks about gender roles /
with trans identity twixt the poles /
of masculine- or feminine-only spaces /
like gyms or men's clubs or our workplaces.
:: STARTED BY GRIM
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:31 13.03.04
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