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bdsm questions?
Why do people like it? Is it physical sensations? Emotional connections? Messing about psychological or societal positioning? Does it intersect with intellectual positions you hold? Or with therapeutic/self-actualisation stuff? Because its naughty?
:: STARTED BY hoopla
:: 165 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:40 09.05.07
The Psychology/Politics of Humor/Laughter
anyone know of any good resources about the topic?
:: STARTED BY TeN
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:53 29.04.07
The Consolations of Philosophy
Philosophy- why bother?
:: STARTED BY Quantum - killed by hadrons
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:25 28.04.07
Desire and its end — judgment, final cause, …
What are the dimensions of the need for humans to accurately represent desire? Is it possible for biological research to inform this judgment, or would an appeal to biology be mischaracterize the nature of the final cause we seek by returning to the realm of the efficient cause (ala the punch in the face). Would an appeal to psychology be any better or would it run the same risk? Is there a moral dimension — a duty to oneself to get it right? Is there an ontological dimension, concerning the reality of ideas, or the degree of reality in a thing (like a desire)?
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:17 16.04.07
Circumcision
Why is it that Western society sees male circumcision as an acceptable practice, when female circumcision/clitorodectomy is seen as barbaric? Is it still true that most males born in American hospitals are circumcised as a matter of course?
:: STARTED BY The Planet of Sound
:: 211 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:42 06.04.07
SBR: Conceptions of Love
Discussion how different cultures and subcultures define "love".
:: STARTED BY Prnss gt rbbt s fck vwls
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:30 01.04.07
Un-Schooling
The writings of John Taylor Gatto; the rival merits of unschooling, homeschooling, and conventional education.
:: STARTED BY Matthew Fluxington
:: 48 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:46 29.03.07
Contraception and consequence
A thread to discuss the planning and care required for what is, as often as not, spontaneous and careless.
:: STARTED BY JOY NO WRY
:: 67 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:55 27.03.07
Hakim Bey, Pederasty, and the difference between the Work and the Author.
Hakim Bay writes a mulitude of articles for nambla. Jared finds out, and is very confused.
:: STARTED BY Jared Louderback
:: 60 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:20 27.03.07
Born in the USA
why is globalised racism against the USA, or American-bashing, seemingly allowed?
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 78 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:02 15.03.07
What would a (complete?) metaphysical system look like?
Some people have said that a complete metaphysical system is impossible. How on earth could we possibly know?
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:24 11.03.07
Jean Baudrillard - 1929-2007
A tribute to a great philosopher
:: STARTED BY dogwonder
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:15 09.03.07
Genderless/Gender-neutral pronouns, "he", "she", "them" and "they", and broader gender issues in language.
The use, or not, of coinings such as "ze" or "hir" in language, what it is intended to achieve and whether it is advisable or desirable.
:: STARTED BY A Haus of Minions
:: 169 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:40 08.03.07
Anna Nichole
I'm just interested if anyone else cares about Common Law.
:: STARTED BY Daemon est Deus Inversus
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:05 27.02.07
My head, it breaks with all the ideas
Discussion about TED, inspiring speaking, motivation, creativity and exclusivity.
:: STARTED BY Happy Dave
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:18 18.02.07
Jade - Shilpa - Multiculturalism - Class
An attempt to draw out some strands from the whole sorry debacle.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:40 12.02.07
Richard Dawkins
Discussion on Richard Dawkins new foundation for reason and science. Religion is still being studied in schools - not only in the U.s but in supposedly enlightened countries, such as ours. Why the hell isnt State and Religion more seperated in a supposedly socialist UK? Faith schools should be banned
:: STARTED BY eib
:: 314 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:24 11.02.07
Why are the letter bombs not an act of terrorism?
How the press reports terrorism and how it's perceived.
:: STARTED BY dogwonder
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:20 09.02.07
What is democracy anyway?
A thread to talk about democracy, what are its key features and desireable hallmarks. What is the minimum standard?
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:25 08.02.07
Sources on Georges Bataille and the Acephale
Surrealist secret society, that met beside a blasted tree, help out with a hint or three
:: STARTED BY palotin
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:28 08.02.07
What is Identity Politics? Is it helpful?
I'd like to explore the concept.
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:13 03.02.07
Online communities, hegemony, revolution! Will we change the world?
It being the 21st centaury, I'd like to interview a discussion board, to try and show how clever collaboration and collective intelligence can be.
:: STARTED BY Christoph_Chicken
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:28 01.02.07
Psychoanalysis and Theory
A thread about psychoanalysis, particularly its relation to philosophy/theory, and the way its employed in non-clinical settings.
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:01 22.01.07
Outside the Academy
Requests for guidance and suggested reading.
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:29 18.01.07
The coming epidemic? Mass Psychosis
Sure people fear Muslims, but are we undergoing a mass psychosis epidemic?
:: STARTED BY YatimaMeiji
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:47 16.01.07
None of my friends are black.
Looking at a Commission for Racial Equality Survey and the further implications.
:: STARTED BY pointless and uncalled for
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:19 09.01.07
Where do we get our values from now?
If one does not believe in 1 or more transcendental God/dess((e)s), is a materialist, and a post-modernist (as in "there are no privileged narratives that substantiate universal moral or epistemic claims), how do we justify our moral values?
:: STARTED BY Hospitalised for perfection
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:48 07.01.07
Race and Religion
Religion and "racial"/"ethnic" identity: the relationship between them. Is (or should be) religion purely individual and ideological, or is it also valid for it to have an ethnic or genealogical component? Possible digressions into whether religious discrimination is/is not equivalent to racism, and what relationship religion has to nationality and the state...
:: STARTED BY Hydra vs Leviathan
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:56 05.01.07
Who cares a lot? Conservatives it seems
A new book says that compassionate conservatism may not be an oxymoron- conservatives give 30% more to charity than liberals- why?
:: STARTED BY Phex: Dorset Doom
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:45 31.12.06
Jesus Motherfucking Christ: Or how i learnt to stop worrying and Love my Mum
The Oedipal aspects of Christian European thought, with potential links to Nietzsche
:: STARTED BY petunia
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:55 23.12.06
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