Philosophy

ismnotwasm

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3. For quite a while I subscribed to ""Hyaptia"-- a feminist philosophy quarterly

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 04:12 AM

Jun 2013

I love reading about thinking; about thought on how people think. There was critique of opinions; reasonable (usually) well thought out ( often) that added nuance to an idea or argument. I'm not trained on philosophy, but I find something so healthy about it, about thinking about thinking as it were and them applying it to ideas and concepts and even public debate. It's also grounding. If you can find a decent argument, a place to stand on a topic and remain teachable, then I believe you become part of solutions. To blindly go about running opinions on pure emotionalism or knee-jerk reaction, then we tend to become part of problems, or at least are not as effective in conveying ways to improve communication and find solutions to complex social issues.

A philosophical approach to me, is always a good place to start.

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