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by Nemiel
Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:29 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Performative Speech Act Theory
Replies: 0
Views: 1541

Performative Speech Act Theory

Before I read any Derrida, I stumbled upon this thinker. John L. Austin was a British Analytic Philosopher of Language. Along with Wittgenstein, he proported Ordinary Language Philosophy - Ordinary language philosophy is a philosophical methodology that sees traditional philosophical problems as roo...
by Nemiel
Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:50 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Plato and Mysticism
Replies: 9
Views: 5281

Re: Plato and Mysticism

Plato and Mysticism | Part Two In the previous thread we looked at two very ancient religious systems of Zoroastrianism and Judaism in the form of Kabballah that best show the influence on Plato's thought. Plato was a substance dualist and so his metaphysics reveal themselves as consisting of two w...
by Nemiel
Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:21 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe
Replies: 7
Views: 4256

Re: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe

We are sorting out SSl certification atm and will be working on mobile compatibility for the site soon too. The site has always had good protection from hacking and malware, but it's hindered us from making certain changes to formats and installing some updates etc. Google's new policy of flagging ...
by Nemiel
Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:12 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe
Replies: 7
Views: 4256

Re: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe

Phew, I'm glad it wasn't just me . . . I'm finally able to log back in, which is a huge relief! That being said: the forum says it's not a secure connection (on Google Chrome). I run a board with a different forum provider, but they allow you to have secure log-in and access, so . . . not too sure ...
by Nemiel
Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:08 am
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Plato and Mysticism
Replies: 9
Views: 5281

Plato and Mysticism

Plato and Mysticism Part One Between knowledge and the Absolute there lies a boundary which completely cuts off the one from the other. If the Absolute were only to be brought on the whole nearer to us by this agency, without any change being wrought in it, like a bird caught by a limestick, it wou...
by Nemiel
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:36 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe
Replies: 7
Views: 4256

Re: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe

Ah. I had this happen a while back and I couldn't get on here for a couple of days, think it's spam/viral right enough. Cheers for the heads up, this is one for the tech minded among us. I'll let Vashta know and he can check the wotsits and doodlecranks n such. [geek2] Woot! This message has taken ...
by Nemiel
Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe
Replies: 7
Views: 4256

Norton keeps saying this site isn't safe

2017-03-24_16-58-30.png So, ugh, this is annoying. Every time I try to visit the site, log in, visit a board, post or upload an attachment or post a new thread, or reply, this keeps appearing. I have to keep re-doing what I am doing, because this warning resets everything I have done. I can imagine...
by Nemiel
Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Nietzsche and Anarchy PDF
Replies: 0
Views: 2444

Nietzsche and Anarchy PDF

shahin-nietzsche-and-anarchy.pdf This book was written by the same author who wrote the book that I converted into a nine part series about capitalism, What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? . Nietzsche and Anarchy - Psychology for free spirits, ontology for social war I am thinking of trans...
by Nemiel
Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:12 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Response and Non-Response
Replies: 0
Views: 1359

Response and Non-Response

Critique and Non-Critique of Rituals Is there an object of analysis for someone who studies rituals? We can't say it is a 'field' of research as without ritual there would be no society. Rituals are everywhere. Let's call someone who studies ritual an 'analyst', but let's also consider an actor , s...
by Nemiel
Sun Jan 15, 2017 7:57 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Foucault | Epistemes
Replies: 0
Views: 1738

Foucault | Epistemes

Foucault rejects the notion of truth as a matching of correspondence of ideas to things. He also rejects traditional beliefs that western science has been advancing towards this kind of truth. He does not take for granted that it has been advancing in some other sort of way, so rejects the traditio...
by Nemiel
Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:41 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Foucault and Sexuality
Replies: 0
Views: 1442

Foucault and Sexuality

I just read the introduction and first chapter of Paul Rabinow's 'The Foucault Reader', the first chapter is titled 'Truth and Power'. I also read the Post-Structuralist entry about Foucault in 'Superstructuralism' by Richard Harland (before we go any further on this post, I strongly recommend that ...
by Nemiel
Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:34 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Derrida | World as language
Replies: 0
Views: 1534

Derrida | World as language

Writing as language As I pointed out in another thread, Derrida displaces objective things and subjective ideas from thier usual priority and he puts writing ahead instead. There is some dispute over whether this is a correct interpretation, some believe Derrida was 'bringing writing up to speech a...
by Nemiel
Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:25 am
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Derrida | Language as Writing
Replies: 0
Views: 1484

Derrida | Language as Writing

Derrida's deconstruction of Husserl and Phenomenology Superstructuralism builds on a key field of language theory . Husserl is an 'I' philosopher . He's after an especially 'true' level of language from an 'I' philosophers point of view, he says it is necessarily and exclusively human and draws an ...
by Nemiel
Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:14 am
Forum: Site Discussion
Topic: Any chance of a mobile site?
Replies: 0
Views: 1470

Any chance of a mobile site?

I was wondering if admin would be interested in installing a mobile myphp? Or link the forum to Tapatalk?
by Nemiel
Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:04 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 5400

Re: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Document

I wasn't so much trying to blame on any one factor, they are just handy terms to explain things. The problem with handy terms is they have focused definitions, and thus leave out other things. For example, neoconservatives have just as many hands in the pot of modern politics as neoliberals (indeed...
by Nemiel
Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 5400

Re: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Document

I wasn't so much trying to blame on any one factor, they are just handy terms to explain things. My main aim here was to explain how finance works, not to reduce it as the only thing that matters. In the series I cover the way and economy works, how we produce and distribute goods and how comodifica...
by Nemiel
Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:02 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 5400

Re: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Document

Capitalism is about profit - it's driven by the profit motive . Capitalism mutated in the 70's. Crony capitalism or neoliberalism, these are splitting hairs, just handy terms, but essentially we are talking about capitalism. Accumulation of private wealth is not the only aspect of capitalism, you ha...
by Nemiel
Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 5400

Re: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Document

Not sure if capitalism, or just decadent overreaching/overspending by the government in cooperation with multinational corporations which is symptomatic of societal collapse. Liberalism emerged with capitalism. In particular classical liberalism. It's rejuvenation for modern times is neoliberalism,...
by Nemiel
Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 5400

What is capitalism and how can we destroy it? | Documentary

Reference Guide to Capitalism The series is a comprehensive guide to capitalism first and foremost. It is not a propaganda series designed to agitate, it is a well sourced ‘reference video series’ that can be thought of as a textbook of sorts. This is a 9 part series about Capitalism. Try not to ge...
by Nemiel
Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: New Philosophy Forum
Replies: 0
Views: 2781

New Philosophy Forum

logo.png Nahemah was kind enough to allow me to share a link to my new forum that I invite you all to join. It's primarily about philosophy, it's in its earliest stages at the moment and requires regular posters. At the moment there is a small religion and spirituality section, but this can easily ...
by Nemiel
Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:43 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: Nietzsche Tests Michael Tsarion
Replies: 0
Views: 1601

Nietzsche Tests Michael Tsarion

1LNGA90OYGA Here is the transcript for the video, please feel free to quote it in any replies. The text isn't directed at anyone personally from this forum at all, just so you know. :) I just thought it would be worth discussing here. Micheal Tsarion - the guy who is viewed as a resource for Friedr...
by Nemiel
Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:02 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"
Replies: 20
Views: 12951

Re: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"

I am not sure if this topic is relevant to the OP anymore, apart from two very different view points requiring understanding, becoming emergent in the thread itself. Yep it probably isn´t relevant anymore. I will just say that I wasn´t aware that the reproduction part has to be observable by 'other...
by Nemiel
Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:35 am
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"
Replies: 20
Views: 12951

Re: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"

This is indeed true and I have noticed the same on various occasions. A friend of mine is still trapped in this "either/or" fallacy and once I myself got out of it I could incredibly clearly see how he does this over and over again. "Existentialism is a philosophy of structures"...
by Nemiel
Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:06 pm
Forum: Reason and Unreason
Topic: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"
Replies: 20
Views: 12951

Re: On the Genealogy of "Empathy"

We must of course not get into the trap of thinking that the opposite to a truth is a lie, however. Could you elaborate on this? Sorry, I sometimes expell conclusions I have thought about alot, forgetting that I need to explain them first. I noticed that many people online, particularly within so c...
by Nemiel
Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:21 pm
Forum: The Bazaar
Topic: Astropsychology Natal Chart VIDEO Reading Service
Replies: 16
Views: 11328

Re: Astropsychology Natal Chart VIDEO Reading Service

rJH_cLmZLKY Hi folks! After some soul searching, I have decided to end my Astrology service. It has been a wild ride and I have learned so much from my research, from the clients who I regard more as friends and I would like to thank you all, friends, clients, subscribers and non-subscribers who ha...

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