The Problems of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray
Category Archives: Experts
Reflecting on AASECT 2018
This past week, I went to the AASECT 2018 conference in Denver. AASECT stands for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. The conference had a mixture of workshops, plenary speakers, exhibitions of products, and poster exhibitions. Overall, … Continue reading
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Tagged AASECT, Reflections, Sex Education
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Various Philosophers on Sex
I posted an overview on various philosophers on erotic love, flirting and marriage. Here, I’ll be looking at the philosophy of sex and many sub-categories with it. As before, if there’s something that I’m missing, please let me know. This … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Experts, Gender, Pornography, Sexuality, Values
Tagged Books, Experts, Gender, Monogamy, Polyamory, Pornography, Sexuality, Values
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Various Philosophers on Erotic Love, Flirting and Marriage
As many of you know, my specialty within philosophy is the philosophy of sex and love. Many people have asked me what sort of readings are there about that topic? Well, below are readings, speeches, and ideas to this wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Experts, Flirting, Love, Marriage, Marx, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer
Tagged Flirting, Love, Marriage, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer
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Interview about Supernormal Stimuli
At Forgoodreason.org, I’m listening to an interview about how our instincts have become “supernormal” in our evolution to the point where it’s starting to be detrimental to us. Example: our ancestors were always on the go and so to compensate … Continue reading
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Why “Well, it’s just my opinion” fails
At Overcoming Bias, there’s a great list on why opinions are “signs that your opinions function more to signal loyalty and ability than to estimate truth.” My favorites are: 2. You have little interest in getting clear on what exactly … Continue reading
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Theories for the Middle East Conflict
As promised from a previous post, I would present some theories or models as to why there’s a huge conflict in the Middle East. These aren’t my views. They are views that I have picked up over time and have … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Economics, Experts, Global Warming, Government, Middle East, Paper Topic, Politics, Religion, Soldiers, Values, War
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Newsweek (6/21/2010), and How to Help the Green Movement in Iran
Newsweek has some really good articles this week pertaining to the oil spill, charter schools, marriage and immigration laws. I’ll bring them up and give my opinion on them as well: Fareed Zakaria talks about how the media is too … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Experts, Fareed Zakaria, Government, Love, Politics, Relationships
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What I’ve Learned this Past Year — 2009 Edition
Instead of doing New Years Resolutions, I’ve decided to look in the past and see how I’ve learned. To me, if one hasn’t learned things within the past year, then it’s as if one hasn’t gained wisdom. And if that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Economics, Education, Ethics, Existentialism, Experts, Friendship, Government, Logic, Love, Politics, Pragmatism, Relationships, Religion, Respect, Same-Sex, Teaching, Values, War
Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Ethics, Government, Health, Libertarianism, Politics, Religion, Rights, Teaching
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The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers
Here. I’ll have to look some of them up.
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Book Review: Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Suppose that you were in charge of a school district and you were given the responsibility of making the students healthier. Thus, you have a few options: Take away all of the candy and soda from the vending machines. Serve … Continue reading
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