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Tag: Julian Baggini

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 18, 2022November 22, 2024

If we seek to understand each other

In yesterday’s Scotsman, Julian Baggini on David Hume: Baggini concludes:

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, ScotlandTags: Edinburgh, Julian Baggini, philosopher, polarisation, professional values, Social Media
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 30, 2019December 1, 2024

‘How the World Thinks’

For my birthday, my son Andrew gave me ‘How the World Thinks’ by Julian Baggini. . The recent series of Hole Ousia posts have shared extracts [with images provided by … Continue reading ‘How the World Thinks’

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Julian Baggini, quotes, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

The ‘serotonin hypothesis’

In his acclaimed book How the World thinks, the philosopher Julian Baggini offers these considerations on the ‘Serotonin hypothesis’:    

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, History of medicine, Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: Antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, Julian Baggini, psychiatry, reductionism, serotonin theory, SSRIs
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

Can you hear the people sing?

In “How the world thinks” Julian Baggini says “there is a temptation to believe that objective knowledge transcends all points of view, all concepts, all language. Rather than objective knowledge … Continue reading Can you hear the people sing?

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, PsychiatryTags: Julian Baggini, psychiatry, Rachel, subjective-objective divide, Thomas Nagel, view from nowhere
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

freedoms

I like to consider all languages (including numbers and music) as freedoms

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Two culturesTags: Julian Baggini, language, reality, words
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

experiencing

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: Hale Bopp, Julian Baggini, vivendo discimus
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

over there

Categories: Medical humanities, PhilosophyTags: feeling, Hale Bopp, Julian Baggini
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 29, 2019December 1, 2024

always present

Categories: Philosophy, This is Not yesterday, Time passesTags: Julian Baggini, This is not yesterday

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