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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
The Good Life and Living Well: Philosophizing as an End in Itself
Philosophizing in Itself: No Goal Beyond Itself One might make the distinction between living well and just living. Aristotle made this distinction when he states that…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Philosophical Counselling as a Dangerous Experience: Finding Happiness in Dynamic Disruptions
Introduction: The Dangers of Philosophizing The act of philosophizing is a dangerous task. A philosophical counsellor, Lydia Amir (2004: 13), states that “philosophy can…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Philosophical Counselling as Emancipation: Living Philosophically to Find Happiness in the Mundane
Scepticism and the non-position Sextus Empiricus states that when we hold something as good or bad by nature, that we will never find ataraxia, and when we do not find…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
On Finding Happiness When Escaping Plato’s Cave: Philosophical Counselling and Mental Health
Introduction Happiness is a strange concept. It seems to be a fleeting moment, one that once you grab it, it transforms into something else. Like a shadow on Plato’s cave…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Climbing out of Plato’s Cave: Happiness and the Shadow Traces
The Story: Deceiving Light Light might be a glimmer of hope; however, it is just as deceptive and misleading. Staring at the sun, the prisoner is blinded by the sheer…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Understanding African Philosophy: Rethinking Communities in a Global Context (Masolo)
Masolo (2003: 653) rethinks the conceptions of community and culture in relation to a global context but also our experiences of said communities and cultures. He states further…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Fermentation and Philosophy: Why Fermentation is Important to Counselling
Introduction Philosophy and fermentation go hand in hand. My previous posts are about these aspects: fermentation is vital for a peculiar understanding of philosophy. I…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
A Feminist Critique of Cultural Essentialism: Essence of Cultures and a Sense of History: Uma Narayan
Introduction Narayan (2003: 486) starts her article off by making two claims; namely (i) that gender should be viewed in relation to other issues such as race and sexual…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
There is no race: Appiah’s Race, Culture, and Identity
Introduction: Summary of the Project Appiah’s project in “Race, culture and identity: misunderstood connections” has two parts. I will focus on the second part, but it…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • last year
Can the African be Logical and Rational? Logic and Rationality by Godwin S. Sogolo
Introduction Can the African be Logical and Rational? Can the African have philosophy? These are some of the questions that plague African philosophy and the context in which…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Beliefs About Beliefs: Why Beliefs Cause Psychological Ill-being and How Philosophy Can Help
Beliefs About the World Epictetus stated, now famously, that we “are not disturbed by things, but by the views which [we] take of things.” Hume states this in other…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Traces of Happiness: The Fleeting Attempt to Catch Happiness
Trace and the Always Already Deferred Questioning the mundane leads towards an unravelling of meaning. This is evident when one starts to ask questions about things you…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
What Would Epicurus Say About Us Today?
The Modern Soul It is funny how we gave the torch of what constitutes the “good” to those who misuse this ideal for their own egoistic improvement. Epicurus, for example…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
The Biggest Lie We Have Been Told We Believed Without Question
“Lie down, then, on the soft couch which the analyst provides, and try to think up something different. The analyst has endless time and patience; every minute you detain him…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Using Philosophy and Fermentation to Heal Your Soul (with original photographs)
Introduction Fermentation is something the West despise or ignores. There are few people who do it. Those who know a little of it, often focuses on the dangers of, say…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Believing the wrong narrative: Coercive behaviour in our times
Introduction Believing in the wrong thing can be dangerous in our times. We see it every day: if you do not believe x then society will kick you out; you become an…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
The commodified self: On how everything of our selves have been sold
Introduction The inherent worth of something does not necessarily reflect in the price we pay for that something. The pages of a classic (like Moby Dick) is printed on…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Getting rid of the unique self: On how we are losing what it means to be human
Introduction Current psychology (read: science) does not promote mental health in the sense of human flourishing, but rather some “ideal” which no one can attain. This is…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 2 years ago
Shouting into the void: On how nobody is listening, but we keep on talking
The void The internet has given has unlimited space to voice our opinions, with greedy readers to consume it. This phenomenon is the first of its kind in history. Previously…
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fermentedphil (70)in #philosophy • 3 years ago
A Possible Supplementary Contribution to the Global Poverty Debate
1. Introduction To give a man a fish, you will only feed him for a day, but to teach a man how to fish you could feed him for a lifetime. This is a simple concept that…
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