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by amateurphilosophynerd
Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: About the Magazine
Topic: Philosophy and Disability
Replies: 12
Views: 21081

It all seems so ideology driven

:( :cry: :shock: agh
by amateurphilosophynerd
Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: About the Magazine
Topic: Philosophy and Disability
Replies: 12
Views: 21081

Invisible disabilities are NOT percieved in Society as

visible. It amazes me that Society could be so dumb when Disability is so universal a phenomenon.
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: About the Magazine
Topic: Philosophy and Disability
Replies: 12
Views: 21081

I think this smacks of Platonic exclusion

I think this smacks of Platonic exclusion. My mum told me how he had disabled people to die on the hills. The Symposium makes scary listening for people like me who are marginalised by platonic youth and platonic Two Point Four. Why aren't Philosophers more critical or even more self-aware as this a...
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:29 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hi fellow philosophers
Replies: 8
Views: 5428

Thanks Psychonaut

:)
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:06 am
Forum: Book Club
Topic: Michel Foucault
Replies: 4
Views: 4985

Keep going Rachel a fellow sufferer in the philosophical art

Speaking as one so afflicted I know what you mean.(except I am not married :cry: ). Keep on with it. ( I have ended up half abandoning books and buying new ones). blessings
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:45 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hi fellow philosophers
Replies: 8
Views: 5428

Hi fellow philosophers

I am amateurphilosophy nerd and I have only recently given in to an impulse to subscribe to Philosophy Now. This is after buying copies on campus of Essex University of which I am blessed to be a graduate. I do Philosophy and related Social science subjects to help me get a grip on my own circumstan...
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:28 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: RachelAnn Returning
Replies: 4
Views: 4430

Hi Rachel Ann AmateurPhilosophyNerd here I am reading

Will Kymlica's Contemporary Political Philosophy An Introduction because I am interested in getting some sort of overview of ideologies and applying it to my/other circumstances/. I am 46 year old female who graduated 2:1 from Essex University UK 18 years ago. ( this boo is not an easy read by any s...
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:20 am
Forum: About the Magazine
Topic: Philosophy and Disability
Replies: 12
Views: 21081

I agree but we ought to tackle problems of identity

perceived and stigma in philosophical terms. Given the prevalence of disability in Society, as the Government is mighty keen to see people like us enter employment; it might in the light of that,be wise to also view the ''Us and Them'' continuum ( or not as the case maybe ), what dya think?
by amateurphilosophynerd
Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:15 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from sewage waste truck driver
Replies: 27
Views: 15004

welcome best wishes from me

you sound like an interesting chap. Philosophy is like light shining in a dark place (mines an genuinely unknown place!!!) and academia in all its forms has much to say to people like us. best wishes and greetings all.!