What a wonderfully interesting take on death, grief and gaming. This book, while short, touches on so many subjects. On one level its about a man dealing with the death of his son and trying to find a connection […]
You brought it up both in saying that you didn’t want to chalk differences up to it but that it also seemed evident.
It is evident and there is no denying the effect it has on […]
You touched on a bunch of important things here. First the social impact of social media and short hand conversation is dangerous. Everyone has seen the reports about the dangers and anyone […]
The idea of quantified-self has to be the least thorough theory we’ve explored. Saying that I am 5.5 feet tall, have an average bp of 110/70 and sleep approx. 6hrs a night is no more useful in defining my ‘self’ […]
I agree that the style of the book made it difficult to connect to the book but at the same time made it very interesting.
Some of the things Viegener say, like the line you picked out are a lot deeper and more […]
I thought this was a great video. It had a lot of cuts and I might be cool to see his entire lecture. What he says makes sense and is consistent with most of the other things we’ve read about hearing voices. […]
I too was intrigued by the idea of separating the voices from the disease. Based on the positive effects on the people hearing the voices this might be the more effective way of thinking of these things. Once a […]
You hit the nail on the head twice; with the questioning of funding and the effects of stigmatizing illnesses. I was personally, more strongly struck by your assessment of stigmatizing. If we want people with this […]
McCarthy-Jones writing on Hearing Voices is, in my opinion, the best scientific work we’ve read thus far. It was interesting and full of information. The variety of sources made it dense but convincing. I think […]
I appreciate your connection of Fun Home to last weeks readings and discussion because that is what came to my mind also during my reading. The idea of multiple selves is something so prevalent in society, the […]
I particularly liked when you said, “The whole autobiography is a way to construct a personal story and confront identity in lives.” I think this perfectly connects this weeks readings with last weeks. […]
Finally we are presented with a theory of self and identity that I can get behind. While this weeks articles don’t deal exactly with the same question as before, the theory of self as story holds a lot more […]
A nice dialogue. You definitely captured what the 2 authors have in common, that is, the brain as part of a bigger scheme. I think they’d have a bit more to disagree about then you showed. I do enjoy the humorous […]
I agree with your analysis completely. I watched the video first and was ready for a discussion of consciousness outside the brain until the argument of that discussion fell apart. There were hints of a poor […]
I realize that the following is only 2 sentences and not an entire scientific or philosophical argument, however, it was interesting to read and related to what we’ve been discussing.
In 20 minutes Susan Blackmore runs through her theory of the self as illusion, uses some basic neuroscience to back it up and concludes that we’re not the same person from one minute to the next. I can’t be the […]
I appreciate the strength it takes to be as open as you were in your post and I applaud you for it. I too understand what it is like to have doctors refuse to acknowledge physical symptoms they have difficulty […]
Thank you for mentioning the study of philosophy. I too studied philosophy for my BA and look at most things I read with those goggles on. I fully agree with you that in all works (philosophical, psychiatric or […]
