FFS_SF t1_isy92jz wrote on October 19, 2022 at 4:04 PM Reply to The phenomenology of dementia | As memory slips away, it can take with it language, knowledge and even selfhood. But something beautiful can still remain – the ability to live in a simplified present. by IAI_Admin There's no substance to this article. The argument is improbable ("becoming paraplegic takes away mobility, physical expression, even self identity, but something beautiful can remain - the ability to be still") and the article doesn't do any work to make a case for it. The title is just asserted as the conclusion. Permalink 10
FFS_SF t1_isy92jz wrote
Reply to The phenomenology of dementia | As memory slips away, it can take with it language, knowledge and even selfhood. But something beautiful can still remain – the ability to live in a simplified present. by IAI_Admin
There's no substance to this article.
The argument is improbable ("becoming paraplegic takes away mobility, physical expression, even self identity, but something beautiful can remain - the ability to be still") and the article doesn't do any work to make a case for it.
The title is just asserted as the conclusion.