User:T.G. Barker

Welcome to Philosopher Stoned!

I am T.G. Barker and this is my page. I plan to sharpen my thinking skills here and there and contribute to this emerging community. What a wonderful opportunity we all have to be participants in the creation and development of a new mode of education and learning. One day, in my future or that of our decendents, I hope humanity will realize a state where education and the cultivation of knowledge is given and encouraged freely as the sun's rays, where the voice of truth is heard clearly, and the voice of dissent is never oppressed. Knowledge is empowerment, and should never be controlled or restricted.

My academic background includes a Bachelor of Philosophy (University of British Columbia) and a Masters in Education Technology (University of British Columbia).

My philosophical interests include, but are not limited to:


 * Aesthetics
 * Axiology
 * Ethics
 * Logic
 * Metaphysics

To whit, I hope to make some contributions in these categories or spark one or two discussions.

Some western philosophers I enjoy or admire include, but are not limited to:


 * Parmenides (The One)
 * Epicurus (The Prudent)
 * Locke (The Rational)
 * Leibniz (The Monadologist)
 * Spinoza (Substance)
 * Hume (Critique)
 * Kant (Transcendental Reason)
 * Hegel (Dialectic)
 * Husserl (Phenomenology)
 * Frege (Logic)
 * Cassirer (Value, Myth, Culture)
 * Ayer (Practicality)
 * Sartre (Freedom)
 * Hartman (Value Measurement)
 * Priest (Paraconsistence)

In essence, in metaphysics I'm an idealist leaning towards phenomenology, in epistemology I'm a foundationalist leaning towards transcendentalism, in logic I'm paraconsistent, in ethics (aesthetics, politics, etc) a relativist. And at the end of the day a bit of a theologist that recognizes critical thinking as a raft that takes us across the channel but never-the-less must be abandoned to reach the final shore of insight, awareness, and liberation.

cheers,

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