“one way people always experience [spirituality] is through their dreams, and if they pay any kind of attention to their dream they will find in the long run their spiritual mentor on the inside…”
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Notes from Judith Butler
A collection of quotes from Butler’s most notable works.
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Notes From Cornel West
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”
A selection of quotes from Cornel West’s most notable works
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Notes from bell hooks on Art
In honour of the late great bell hooks we present a selection of quotes where she discusses the purpose and value of art in contemporary society. The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible. Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, 2012. “Some people act…
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Millennial Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Having been detained in Nazi concentration camps for five years, Viktor Frankl developed the notion that a human being’s most compelling motivation is their will to meaning – an idea he outlined in his book, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ – based on his experiences in the camps. His experience as a Holocaust…
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10 Black Female Philosophers You Should Know About
In 2007, the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers (see number 5) had their first meeting to gather together Black women in the field. There still remains an uphill battle in recognition of female philosophers and philosophers of colour. There is a tiny percentage of Black philosophers, and the number of women within that minority is even smaller.…
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The Martha Mitchell Effect
In 2003, a team of psychologists set out to examine how mental health clinicians can mistakenly assume accurate accounts of real events from their patients, such as pursuit by organised criminals or surveillance by law enforcement, to be evidence of grandiose delusions. In their paper, Beliefs About Delusions, it was this phenomenon that the authors…
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The Overview Effect
How does it feel to view Earth from space? Exploring the psychological phenomenon that led to an “explosion of awareness” and improved mental wellbeing in a number of astronauts.
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