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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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I don't think these philosophies encourage detachment from emotions (or emotions as negative). Rather they focus on detaching from meta cognition (i.e., thoughts about the emotions). These philosophies are very old, and tremendous philosophical progress has been made (recently, and into the future, by women). I suspect they are popular today because they are fairly easy to understand and also immediately practical in a self-administered CBT-type fashion. However, as your post demonstrates, there's a subtlety to this thinking that gets lost (that it isn't about emotions per se, but more about thinking patterns in relation to emotional triggers).

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