Lilliana Ramos-Collado

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We are told that we have become "consumers of culture". What does that phrase mean to you? Has the definition of culture changed? In what ways?

Is "culture" changing? What are the most conspicuous changes? Ar they for the good of all? Are they not? Is this just a matter of words and...

04 April 2016 5,237 30 View

What is the best way to make friends? What is the best way to keep friendship alive?

"And therefore, my boy, if you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful and good; but if you are not wise, neither father, nor mother, nor kindred, nor any one...

04 April 2016 6,167 95 View

Should professional researchers override our ethics of objectivity to impose our religion or morality upon the outcome of our work?

I know this is a tough one but, does working for "the good of humanity" as scientists and researchers imply taking into account religious and moral differences among cultures, which differences...

04 April 2016 1,625 69 View

Dear colleagues, can art be taught?

Many experts, like James Elkins, say that teaching people to make art is a challenge that frequently fails. Others say art may be taught. And what about talent? Many people believe that art...

04 April 2016 2,786 29 View

If women philosophers assigned themselves philosophical subject matters in accordance with our traditional tasks, which would those subjects be?

This is a speculative question that could prove to be most useful. Hereunder I attach a very short allegorical comment to serve as an explosive to promote the...

04 April 2016 7,522 22 View

There is a worldwide destruction of nature and landscapes. How has this destruction come about? Who wins/ loses from it? How can we stop it? Can we?

Every day a vernacular landscape dies. Every day, the abusive exploitation of land is literally erasing the landscape so its occupants can no longer live from the land. This situation has...

04 April 2016 6,959 29 View

What is laughter? Does laughter have the same purpose and meaning in all cultures and throughout history? Why do YOU laugh?

According to Aristophanes, we laugh in order to restore order. Henri Bergson finds in laughter a corrective against repetitive and absurd behavior, clownish conduct and caricature. Sigmund Freud...

03 March 2016 3,585 44 View

Do you enjoy reading? Why? What are you reading now? What have been your favorite books ever?

Please comment on your favorite books.

02 February 2016 4,282 71 View

We are besieged by unspeakable fear. What is fear? Why and how it affects us? Can we overcome it? What would be need to set us free from fear?

There are many cultural and scientific manifestations that try to explain, interpret and/or depict fear. Would you contribute some of examples? Articles, literary works, scientific papers, etc.

02 February 2016 4,133 48 View

Formal education / "lifelong education". What can we recommend to (in)formally educated people to keep on learning for the rest of their lives?

Education goes way beyond getting one or several degrees from formal institutions. There are lots of opportunities for continuing life long learning productively, both for personal interest and...

02 February 2016 7,160 38 View

Reading Greek tragedy is always in fashion, but not writing it. Have today's tragedy writers fell off Medea's chariot of fire to their literary death?

Extant Greek tragedies are mostly incomplete, and the state of research on the topic has concentrated in tragedy's role in Athenian city politics. Can it be said that, having tragedy lost its...

02 February 2016 8,535 25 View

Are concepts like collaboration, consensus, negotiation, commonality operational in the real world? Which is what and why some are not?

How each, or some, or all, or none of these terms help or harm the cultural, social, scientific and/or vocational advancement of knowledge?

02 February 2016 7,925 17 View