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Category Archives: book writing
Becoming Solid Selves in a Reactive Age
The Reactive Age The hot topic this week is Brendon Eich stepping down under pressure for his 2008 donations to the Pro-Prop 8 side. He had a chance to recant but did not. While this event touches on lots of thing … Continue reading
You, Your Self, Your Soul, Is a Story
Sacramento solid waste is using their claw to pick up leaves. While I’m waiting for the operator to finish emptying it into the garbage truck another car swoops around me and runs through. I’m upset. I feel like some part … Continue reading
More past life conversations
Lists of posts of “conversations with previous selves” . Fun one on “past self” Should credit Kristin Tennant with the link.
Circumcision: Is Identity Received or Achieved?
The New York Times weighed in on the circumcision war with a debate. So many interesting questions are engaged by this debate: Is circumcision a permanent intrusion of a parent’s decision upon the flesh of their male child? I would suggest … Continue reading
Talking to Your Self
This video is getting over a views a day. Why? When we look at our past self, we find it a mystery. How have I changed? What has changed me? Are the changes good? I’d love to be able to … Continue reading
Locating the Self, Resolving the Host
Lots of people wonder WHAT the soul is. Lots of people wonder WHERE the soul is when someone has died. Very few people wonder WHERE the soul is when someone is still alive. In my last post I suggested that … Continue reading
Self as a Plausibility Structure for Hard Spirituality
Believing in Hard Spirituality As I mentioned in my previous post doubts in hard spirituality seems to be on the rise even if it will be an uphill climb for materialistic evolutionary psychology. While over the long haul I think it … Continue reading
A book note
A couple of people have commented to me about my blog posts under “the self book” tag with some helpful comments. I’ll clarify something. I use the blog to work out language and ideas, organize and record quotations, brainstorm. What … Continue reading
Materialism and Hard and Soft Spiritualities
Christian Smith has done some interesting sociological research on religious beliefs of young adults. His books Souls in Transition and Soul Searching paint a picture of the religious assumptions of youth in American across the religious landscape. It was in Soul … Continue reading
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