david bain
About Me
I am a taxi and mobility dispatcher in York Region, north of Toronto. I live in Newmarket. My interest (or 'obsession' might be more like it) in philosophy evolved out of my similar interest/obsession in psychology. I have an Honours B.A. in psychology from the University of Waterloo (1974-1979). I studied Adlerian Psychology for two years at OISE, associated with the U. of T., 1980-81. I became involved with the Gestalt Institute in Toronto in 1979 and took workshops in Gestalt Therapy, off and on, for 12 years, 1979-1991. (One day I may go back for a 'reunion'. My time was well spent there. Without Gestalt Therapy, there would have been no DGB Philosophy, that is for sure.) My study of psychology -- particularly Perls, Jung, and Freud -- brought me to the main underlying influence of each of these great psychologists -- Hegel (with due respect to Nietzsche who is the second major influence) -- who then opened up the door to the study of philosophy for me. And I have not looked back since.
I have two grown up kids (Mike was born in 1984 and Jennifer in 1989), and a classy girlfriend, Sharida, from Toronto of 9 years and counting...
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| Floor 11: Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza): Hegel's Hotel: DGB Phil. |
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| The Philosophy of Science: Popper vs. Kuhn: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Most Recent Essays: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 2: More on The Dialectic Perspective: Hegel's Hotel-DGB Philosophy |
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| Enlightenment Philosophy (Reason, Equal Rights, Ethics): Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 85: Contact, Awarenesses, Aphorisms, Short Opinions: Hegel's Hotel-DGBN Philosophy |
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| Cannon, Homeostasis, and The Wisdom of The Body: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 25: Humanistic-Exist... Psychonanalysis: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 33: Science, Medicine, and Capitalism: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 1: First Introductions: Hegel's Hotel-DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 28: Freudian Psychoanalysis -- Its History/Evolutio... Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| A General Model of Character Structure/Dynami... Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 6: Early Religious (Scholastic) Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor....: Adam Smith and Enlightenment Capitalism: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 15: Capitalism: The Real/Ideal :The Good, The Bad, The Ugly..Hegel's Hotel: DGB Phil |
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| Floor 58: Parent-Child Relationships: Hegel's Hotel-DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 34: Foucault and The Philosophy of Power: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor...: Women's Issues and Perspectives: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 7: Post-Aristotlean Roman Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor....British Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Canadian Politics and Economics: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Political Philosophy: |
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| Floor 35: Feminism in Evolution (A DGB Perspective): Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 61: Religion, Mythology, Spirituality, Humanism..Hegel'... Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 51: Ancient Chinese Philosophy: History of Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 10: Early Scientific (Rational-Empiri... Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 18 : Marx and The Rise of Socialism, Communism: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Perls and Gestalt Therapy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 17: Existentialism From Hegel to Sartre: Hegel's Hotel-DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 7: Central Ego Functioning (Epistemology, Ethics, Action): DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 18: Nietzsche: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Plato vs. Aristotle: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 17: Schopenhauer: The Cosmic, Narcissistic Will: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 42: Individual vs. State Rights and Responsibilities... Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 19: 19th Century Romanticism: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 5: Personality Theory: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 50: The Pre-Socratics: History of Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel: GAP-DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 6: The Sophists, Parmenides, Socrates: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 61: Gods, Myths, Philosophers, Psychologists: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 75: The Toronto Raptors: The Philosophy of Sports: Hegel's Hotel: GAP-DGB Philosophy |
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| Science, Health, Diet, Herbs vs. Medicine, Fitness |
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| General Semantics and Cognitive Therapy: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 6: Papers On Narcissism: Hegel's Hotel: GAP-DGB Philosophy-Psych... |
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| Floor 16: German Idealism (Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel): Hegel's Hotel: DGB Philosophy |
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| Floor 29: Russell and Wittgenstein: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy. |
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| Floor 1: Table of Contents: Hegel's Hotel-DGB Philosophy (Democratic-Dial... |
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| American Politics and Economics: Hegel's Hotel: DGB Political Philosophy |
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| Floor 82: 21st Century Canadian Romanticism: Hegel's Hotel: DGBN Philosophy |
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| Floor 57: Psychopathology as Dialectic Extremism: DGBN Philosophy: Hegel's Hotel |
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| Floor 52: Family Justice, Sexual Justice, Equal Treatment: Hegel's Hotel:DGBN Philosophy |
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