Philosophy tends to obsess about the nature of perception in general, and I found the intro course to the fundamentals of western philosophy rather easy. My view concerning how seemingly intuitive philosophy has been for me is that my familiarity with two discordant ways of perceiving my environment led to an acute awareness of the subjective nature of perception. I had apparently been philosophizing for most of my life trying to make sense of my world.

I didn't find any of the materials presented to be compelling, and also did not bother looking further into philosophical discourses. However, I relentlessly continue to view my world in a philosophical manner and during a crisis and severe depression that began in April I was back at it in full measure.

My brother is majoring in philosophy and i have found talking with him about the nuances of subjectively to be beneficial. He would mostly nod his head in affirmation of conclusions I had arrived at, referencing materials he has encountered during his studies. One day we were talking and he told me he had some source materials from a paper he had written I might find quite interesting. It seems the model of cognition and philosophy I developed to work through many of my issues already had a name, and had been defined quite clearly with far more descriptive vocabulary than I had been using.

So, I entirely concur and wish to confirm that the influence bipolar has can and does lead to individuals, like us, who possess a natural aptitude for philosophy. I believe you might find the paper I read interesting as well: (apparently I need ten posts before I can submit links, search Google for "enactive sense making". It should be the first result, title starting as, "making sense of sense-making: reflections on enactive...".