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“The Big Picture”

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Abigail

“The Big Picture” Why do we need philosophy? There are entire philosophic orientations, Wittgenstein’s is one, holding that philosophy as traditionally practiced is something to be cured of, and that the only thing philosophy can usefully do is to cure … Continue reading →

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“Knowing Thyself”

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Abigail

“Knowing Thyself” My right foot has a walking difficulty. I have been trying unsuccessfully to cure it for as long as I’ve had it. That’s about twenty years. No one in the medical field has been able to diagnose it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Cool, Desire, dialectic, Erotic Life, Faith, Femininity, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, relationships, Roles, Social Conventions, Spirituality, The Examined Life, The Problematic of Woman | Tagged acupuncture, Aristotle, Authenticity, body rhythm, brain, contradiction, diagnosis, disability, dualism, eliptical, energy, exercise, handicap, hope, hypothesis, identity theory, Materialism, medication, medicine, mental causation, MRI, neurology, physical causation, placebo effect, psychic healing, psychosomatic, psychotherapy, riding, sincerity, strolling, symptoms, The Mind-Body Problem, the will, therapeutic riding, Total Gym, walking, yoga | 5 Comments

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