Dwayne 'The Jock' Ronson on Warpcast

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i'm going to fail at putting this into words but i want to have this discussion: i have noticed that most popular philosophy focuses on detachment (stoicism, buddhism/taoism, rationality and abstract reasoning, etc) most of philosophy was generated in a time where women weren't allowed to contribute to the larger collective knowledge or participate in any educational system so my discussion/q is: if most philosophy originates from men, who historically view attachment (and therefor, emotion) as largely negative, what would philosophy be like if people more accepting of and in touch with their emotions contributed to the field of philosophy? is stoicism really a philosophy that can help you feel better, when most current research indicates that connection and community are the biggest predictors of life satisfaction? (my little research did show me that female philosophers focus on relationality, embodiment, care ethics, less abstract/universal philosophies, situated knowledge vs absolute knowledge, etc)

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Great cast!! There's def been several prominent male philosophers who've articulated the other vision, which you're highlighting here. Eg: David R. Hawkins (Letting Go) There's a masculine and feminine way to relate to the world and, petsonally, I deeply believe these need to be balanced in a person wen /felosophy

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very big tangent but i've been discussing gender identity and sexuality a lot lately and obviously the balance of masculine and feminine comes up frequently in these spaces i wholly agree that balance is the aim and that the exact balance may be optimal in different ratios for every individual, but that there is a range at either end where you have too much of one and maybe it is then the people you surround yourself with and the information you ingest every day that dictates if you fall out of your own balance range going into integral parts theory, there may be multiple parts of yourself that are more feminine or masculine too (how you relate to people is masculine but how you process emotions is feminine) last thought: i think masculine and feminine should be relabeled sharp and round or hard and soft (ps adding mr hawkins to my ever-growing list, thank you!)

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