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Souls?
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RE: Souls?
(May 10, 2015 at 5:22 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: What the fuck is a soul anyway?

And why would I want one?

Or why is there a market for it?

And why can't my dog get one? What's with the dog prejudice, for real

I came across a fairly interesting talk by the philosopher Ian McGilchrist recently.  He basically said that 'soul' still has a function in our language to talk about human existence and experience insofar as it relates to the whole of life in all of its poetic, mysterious and undefinable depth.  While he went on a bit too long about what he didn't mean by the term 'soul', I think he at least presented a reasonable case for why 'soul'-language might still be useful (as part of our ordinary language).  The talk is on youtube Ian McGilchrist - Talk on the Soul.
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Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 5:22 pm
RE: Souls? - by Aroura - May 10, 2015 at 5:26 pm
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 10, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: Souls? - by IATIA - May 13, 2015 at 12:05 am
RE: Souls? - by AFTT47 - May 10, 2015 at 5:34 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 5:56 pm
RE: Souls? - by AFTT47 - May 10, 2015 at 6:18 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Souls? - by KUSA - May 10, 2015 at 5:38 pm
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 10, 2015 at 5:41 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 10, 2015 at 5:45 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: Souls? - by bennyboy - May 10, 2015 at 6:15 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 6:17 pm
RE: Souls? - by cocunningham - May 12, 2015 at 8:04 pm
RE: Souls? - by Chad32 - May 10, 2015 at 5:54 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 10, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Souls? - by KUSA - May 10, 2015 at 6:09 pm
Souls? - by KUSA - May 10, 2015 at 6:34 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2015 at 6:47 pm
RE: Souls? - by AFTT47 - May 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm
RE: Souls? - by Anatheist - May 10, 2015 at 7:09 pm
RE: Souls? - by abaris - May 10, 2015 at 7:22 pm
RE: Souls? - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 9:33 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 10, 2015 at 10:49 pm
RE: Souls? - by ignoramus - May 11, 2015 at 12:42 am
RE: Souls? - by Aoi Magi - May 11, 2015 at 3:09 am
RE: Souls? - by Prince - May 11, 2015 at 4:18 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 4:19 am
RE: Souls? - by Prince - May 11, 2015 at 4:39 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Souls? - by Prince - May 11, 2015 at 5:03 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 5:56 am
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 11, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 11, 2015 at 5:56 am
RE: Souls? - by Aoi Magi - May 11, 2015 at 5:56 am
RE: Souls? - by ignoramus - May 11, 2015 at 7:49 am
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 11, 2015 at 8:28 am
RE: Souls? - by Prince - May 11, 2015 at 9:43 am
RE: Souls? - by Longhorn - May 11, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: Souls? - by emjay - May 11, 2015 at 9:31 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 9:46 am
RE: Souls? - by Prince - May 11, 2015 at 10:31 am
RE: Souls? - by emjay - May 11, 2015 at 10:39 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 11, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 11, 2015 at 10:33 am
RE: Souls? - by Jericho - May 11, 2015 at 10:46 am
RE: Souls? - by ignoramus - May 12, 2015 at 1:33 am
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 11, 2015 at 10:47 am
RE: Souls? - by Jericho - May 11, 2015 at 10:59 am
RE: Souls? - by The Grand Nudger - May 11, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: Souls? - by emjay - May 11, 2015 at 11:38 am
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 12, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: Souls? - by robvalue - May 12, 2015 at 12:28 pm
RE: Souls? - by Pyrrho - May 12, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 12, 2015 at 12:57 pm
RE: Souls? - by Pyrrho - May 12, 2015 at 1:06 pm
RE: Souls? - by dahrling - May 12, 2015 at 1:13 pm
RE: Souls? - by LastPoet - May 12, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 12, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Souls? - by TheRealJoeFish - May 12, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 12, 2015 at 4:29 pm
RE: Souls? - by TheRealJoeFish - May 12, 2015 at 9:32 pm
RE: Souls? - by ignoramus - May 12, 2015 at 6:21 pm
Souls? - by KUSA - May 12, 2015 at 6:27 pm
RE: Souls? - by Jericho - May 13, 2015 at 12:38 am
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 13, 2015 at 12:54 am
RE: Souls? - by Jericho - May 13, 2015 at 1:05 am
RE: Souls? - by dahrling - May 13, 2015 at 1:24 am
RE: Souls? - by Alex K - May 13, 2015 at 5:24 am
RE: Souls? - by IATIA - May 13, 2015 at 6:18 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 13, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: Souls? - by The Grand Nudger - May 13, 2015 at 12:08 pm
RE: Souls? - by vorlon13 - May 13, 2015 at 1:29 pm
RE: Souls? - by Mental Outlaw - May 14, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: Souls? - by Whateverist - May 14, 2015 at 11:22 am

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