Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Self Requisite For Causation? Part I

Self Requisite For Causation? Part I

Hey folks, in this piece we will look at some issues that may help people in beginning an investigation. It seems the most natural assumption that the actions we take are as a result of us willing them.  In terms of cause and effect, we like to think that we are the cause of our actions. So what we need...

Friday, 5 December 2014

The Individual versus Society

The Individual versus Society

One of the consequences of discovering the traditional notions of self-hood within the Cartesian picture are incoherent, is that it does challenge our conception of the individual in society. The Cartesian picture is based on the simple object-subject relations that we use to frame the world around us.  When...
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