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- Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:30 am
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18387
Re: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
A few people say I sometimes write like a poet, and a friend once said I had the soul of one, I thought it all tosh, and then, when sat in the lake district,composed a poem ( coniston peace ) that is now to be published in a Journal about John Ruskin. http://www.poemhunter.com/jason-palmer/" on...
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:40 am
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18387
Re: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
I wrote the poem recently, from experience, and not to celebrate the debate at the Mary Ward centre, but your right, a poem can have different resonance, depending on delivery method, accent, location,timing etc. ... perhaps we try to understand one another for advantage, but, have to contend with t...
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18387
Re: London: Understanding One Another, Saturday 18 July
I think we are chaotic systems and hence we can not totally understand each other, but we can co-operate for mutual benefit. Also, we get lonely, well,some of us do, which makes me think, we are designed to live in tribes. Have a poem.... http://poemhunter.com/poem/solitude-123/" onclick="...
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Wittgenstein in Ireland (Paperback) by Richard Wall (Author)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2067
Wittgenstein in Ireland (Paperback) by Richard Wall (Author)
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this is interesting
this is interesting
- Fri May 22, 2009 11:44 am
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: dublin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8862
Re: dublin
see you saturday !
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- Thu May 14, 2009 4:11 pm
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: dublin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8862
dublin
Anyone in dublin, I am looking into creating a bohemian cafe which will do poetry/school of life style/philosophy events, but before then, we can just meet in the pub ?
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:28 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: karl popper... interesting ideas
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1496
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:00 am
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: Humanists
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40346
Humanists
I went to visit some humanists and found a few philosophy grads, I think the Humanist stand is against the principles of 'the open society' BUT it maybe a good place for philosophical people to find friends, and argue, about god, LOL http://humanism.meetup.com/cities/gb/london/" onclick="w...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:43 am
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: the limits of language and the mag
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3538
the limits of language and the mag
Could we have more diagrams, more cartoon strip 'stories' and photos to illustrate points ? I notice that philosophers seem to lose the points, confuse themselves, with too many words, and language has many limitations, and the written word loses a lot of the 'body language' and inflection of voice ...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:45 am
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: Philosophy Now magazine Suggestions Box
- Replies: 155
- Views: 158258
Re: Suggestions Box
a longer letters section and shorter letters, they are like mini articles
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:29 pm
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: Issue 72
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3467
Re: Issue 72
I got it !
Nice to see Colin Wilson mention, with reference to books by Hemingway, COOL
Nice to see Colin Wilson mention, with reference to books by Hemingway, COOL
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: Issue 72
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3467
Issue 72
It looks great, i must try find it at waterloo station on wednesday
http://www.meetup.com/Jason-Does-Cool-S ... /10077442/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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- Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:05 pm
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: London Philosophy Now Group
- Replies: 75
- Views: 91061
Re: London
see you there !
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:19 pm
- Forum: Local Discussion Groups
- Topic: London Philosophy Now Group
- Replies: 75
- Views: 91061
Re: London
mick, if you had emailed me, i could have broadcast it out, here http://www.meetup.com/culturevultures/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; vast research,shows, meetup works, hey, fancy some jazz ? http://www.meetup.com/The-South-East-London-Social-Networking-Meetup-Group/"...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:32 pm
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: rick, can you get soros interviewed for philosophy now ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6400
Re: rick, can you get soros interviewed for philosophy now ?
I am more interested in general application of his ideas, but, I think he would love to be in the mag, he considers himself a failed philosopher where I think he is more correctly a 'neglected' philosopher.