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Sam Mickey

What’s you sign (and medical history)…? Raising Questions About Astrology

July 12, 2018 Ecology, Philosophy, Psychology, Theology, Theory

“From the perspective of environmental ethics, astrology might seem irresponsibly otherworldly and anthropocentric, not unlike other spiritual traditions. Even if it touts a stewardship ethic or ecofeminist care ethic that would mitigate it’s anthropocentric focus, wouldn’t such an astrological application of such a caring ethic entail ethical attention to planets other than Earth, and couldn’t…

There is no actual inside, or the inside is just the outside of the outside: Descartes and Dualism

May 31, 2018 Philosophy, Science, Theory

“For Wittgenstein, the problem with Cartesian dualism isn’t the distinction between mental and physical states. The problem is the metaphysical understanding of that distinction in terms of an inner-outer dualism. We use the word “inner” in everyday word use to talk about mental states, sensations, thoughts, images, moods, intentions, etc. That’s fine. The metaphysical problem…

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