hello from SE england

[the wandering shaman]

hello, i'm from south east england, have been an anarchist for many years and a philosopher since i was 19, i've studied moral philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology and the philosophy of mind.

 

my motto is nosce te ipsum, know thyself, i have looked at the ideas of an anarchist DRO based form of social organisation, it has some loopholes and problems that i'd like to explore.

 

i'm also a member of a voice for men but i assure you i won't be ranting on about MRA issues, that's not what this forum is about.

 

 well anyway my moralphilosophy is based around aristotalian virtue ethics, i'd like to explore moral philosophy, randian objectivism, DRO's and aristotle with the many great minds on this forum, i hope to have many an interesting discussion.

 

i'd also like to discuss the psychology of addiction and how to apply ethics in a world of statism.

 

anyhow hello to everyone, i hope you're all having a wonderful day

[Kevin Beal]

Welcome to the boards!

 

I'm very interested to hear more about your ideas concerning DRO's, and also I'm interested in the philosophy of mind and what you have to say about it. I only heard that term and started looking into it last year. The philosophy in this show is a lot more to do with ethics and epistemology so it's not often that philosophy of mind comes up on the forums. Are you familiar with John R Searle?

 

You are free to talk about anything philosophy on the boards (with only very rare exceptions) and there is a lot of philosophical and moral concerns surrounding men's issues, and there is a sub forum devoted to that topic on the boards here, so go right ahead. That's what it's for.

[the wandering shaman]

yup i can understand why determinism is a closed down discussion, i don't think i need to say why.

 

i don't want to claim I'm a philosopher' in the sense that I'm some kind of special creature removed from everyone else i just think that everyone who applies to their lives and 'lives' rational and empirically based concepts based on first principals and applies it to their every day actions and uses it to work through their own psychological roadblocks is a philosopher but that can be debated some other time.

 

i take philosophy quite literally as 'the love of knowledge' the love of knowledge gained from rational first principals, i have an endless thirst for knowledge and interesting ideas, even if some well known philosophers don't make much sense i can take their ideas on board and find the gems in there that ring true to my own reason.

 

i was wondering does anyone here listen to Alan watt? not Alan watts the Buddhist but the Scottish Internet radio host, NB: i can listen to someone without believing what they say i just think he has a very interesting world view