Philosophical Speculations

I'm surprised there's been no mention of Murray Bookchin in this thread (especially since the thread title is the title of one of his most popular books). Bookchin was an anarchist & later subscribed to "communalism". From what I understand, communalism is all about the abolition of al...

I know, BK is opposed to panpsychism, however I think this is a grey area as not all versions of panpsychism are forms of physicalism. Rupert Sheldrake's description of panpsychism is one in which the entire universe is like a living organism & all living creatures are like cells in the organism...

I'm not too keen on parapsychology but I really like Jeffrey Mishlove & he's mentioned how William James is a huge influence on him & his work. Thanks for the tip, I've watched some that have been shared on this forum. For sure. It's one of the best psychology podcasts around (really underr...

I'm surprised no one in this thread (from what I've read) has mentioned Peter Kropotkin's Mutual Aid book. Kropotkin really destroys that stupid capitalistic propaganda idea that humans (& other animals) are entirely greedy when the fact is, yes greed is apparent in our species but humans &...

Like you said, any philosophical ideology can be moral or immoral & used for evil purposes. I take Wallace's approach regarding non-physicalist practices being utilized & promoted by physicalists. Wallace does talk about morality & how Buddhist practices (which of course like any other ...

I'm honestly not a fan of when physicalists discuss practices that induce altered states (be it mediation, yoga, hypnosis, psychedelics, etc.) because they tend to appropriate these practices & devalue/dilute these practices (since they were created & practiced by non-physicalists). I'm a f...

Yeah not surprising at all. I never read the book Stone-Age Economics, but it said the same thing: that hunter-gatherer societies worked a helluva lot less than modern society does. I'm surprised no one in this thread (from what I've read) has mentioned Peter Kropotkin's Mutual Aid book. Kropotkin r...

Online survey? Nope. Self-selection bias is high. Useless results. To demonstrate this, you need a randomly selected group of people that would ideally have measurable variation in metaphysical beliefs. You then remeasure after the experience. Ideally the experience would take place in some sort of...

What do you guys think about this ? Abstract "Are psychedelics able to induce lasting changes in metaphysical beliefs? While it is popularly believed that they can, this has never been systematically tested. Here we exploited a large sample derived from prospective online surveying to determin...

I saw a post on the r/psychologystudents sub-reddit last night in which a poster asked for journal recommendations on where memories are stored in the brain. One of the responses linked a video to SciShow Psych YouTube channel. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cg0KIwozg Engrams ar...