Tom Last's journal

A Remedy For The 'Dumbing Down' Phenomenon

Submitted by Tom Last on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 9:46pm.

Is Daniel Dennett's Free Will 'Free'?

Submitted by Tom Last on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 2:59pm.

What if your kindergartener was labeled as a future psychopath?

Submitted by Tom Last on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 5:42pm.
How would you like to find out that your kindergarten child has been identified as having a “biological predispositions to behavior problems” based upon low-seated ears...

POF Text Book Format

Submitted by Tom Last on Sun, 12/09/2007 - 12:08pm.

This is a moderated discussion of the work group writing a Philosophy of Freedom text book.

What is the Path of The Philosophy of Freedom?

Submitted by Tom Last on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 10:40am.


What is the path in The Philosophy of Freedom and how do you walk it?

Inflammatory Posts

Submitted by Tom Last on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 5:25pm.

It is not unusual on the internet for someone to write a post in an inflammatory way and start a flame war on a website.

POF Study Course

Submitted by Tom Last on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 10:03am.


POF researchers needed.

POF reference from Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Age

Submitted by Tom Last on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 11:48am.

Quote from
Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Age

Introduction

O'Neil chapter moods

Submitted by Tom Last on Fri, 09/14/2007 - 5:33pm.

I noticed that, like myself, O'Neil concluded that each POF chapter has a world-outlook-mood as described in Human and Cosmic Thought.

Common Life Memories

Submitted by Tom Last on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 7:16pm.

I found 12 aspects to community building in Awakening to Community, Lecture VI by Rudolf Steiner. They are listed below. This is part 3 of a 12 part series.

Common Language (Folk Spirit)

Submitted by Tom Last on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 10:55am.

I found 12 aspects to community building in Awakening to Community, Lecture VI by Rudolf Steiner. They are listed below. This is part 2 of a 12 part series.

Intellectual Division

Submitted by Tom Last on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 11:27am.

I found 12 aspects to community building in Awakening to Community lecture 6 by Rudolf Steiner. They are listed below. This is part 1 of a 12 part series.

What is an Anthroposophist? Traditional or Progressive?

Submitted by Tom Last on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 3:04pm.

Working with a broad definition of an anthroposophist I have found the Traditional anthroposophist who is more concerned with the traditions of the Anthroposophical Society as an institution and Progressive anthroposophists who are more concerned with anthroposophy today and how it relates to the present world.

Task as Peacemaker Among Variety Of World-Views

Submitted by Tom Last on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 5:05pm.

We have in common a pursuit of truth, not the suppression of disagreement through a superficial niceness or the need to invalidate every view but our own.

Communication Services Study Program

Submitted by Tom Last on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 5:30pm.

Communication Services wants to respond to a need for a learning program involving themes relevant to The Philosophy of Freedom today and the presentation of a more progressive anthroposophy.