Tag: trauma

  • Post-nihilist praxis and pessimism: rehashing some old ground

    In the last few months I have begun to explore philosophical pessimism, although not in writing and not on syntheticzero. It might seem strange to do… Post-nihilist praxis and pessimism: rehashing some old ground —- I appreciate this writer’s sense of calmness and work towards clarity of his thought. Although I tend to move away from the…

  • Growth after trauma: Post Traumatic Growth

    Post-traumatic growth helps people find a new sense of personal strength and a new focus on helping others. — Read on www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma ———— This morning I came upon an article in my Apple news about post traumatic growth. And it was a promotion of an article from health magazine which I don’t have a Subscription…

  • Post-trauma: Humans as blackboxes, machines as transparent

    Humans as blackboxes, machines as transparent Humans as blackboxes, machines as transparent — Read on markcarrigan.net/2019/11/11/humans-as-blackboxes-machines-as-transparent/ Interesting problematic. What might this say about us, that we might look to machines and thier analysis of behavioral data to tell us what’s going inside a human being? I tend to agree with the impetus of the excerpt; that…

  • CFP by 12/15 for Philosophical Engagements with Trauma (March 22-23, 2019)

    CFP by 12/15 for Philosophical Engagements with Trauma (March 22-23, 2019) https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/cfp-by-12-15-for-philosophical-engagements-with-trauma-march-22-23-2019/ — Read on feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/cfp-by-12-15-for-philosophical-engagements-with-trauma-march-22-23-2019/ of course we have there Zizekian post Trumatic modern subject, but as well Malibu critique of that (Take a look thru my past posts). but there is something to say about the discrepancy between philosophy and psychology. Such historically…