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FeaturedOn the Nature and Achievement of Happiness
What is happiness, and how can it be achieved? When looking at the ground of phenomenological experience, it seems clear that the most important thing in life is happiness — that is, high quantity and quality of positive affect, for oneself and all others. As Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl showed in his book Man’s Search for Meaning, this… Read more
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FeaturedWhat is Sublime Linkage?
I’m starting this blog as a repository for the mountain of personal journal notes on my own psychology, art criticism, and philosophy, among other subjects – hopefully those that make it in will cohere to a greater degree than they do in their original shard-like form. One of the things that has been most meaningful… Read more
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The Symbolic Self and a Personal Experience of the Meaning Crisis
[ The rough essay below was used as a reference for my 3rd conversation with University of Toronto cognitive scientist and teacher of wisdom John Vervaeke. That first half of our conversation was not recorded, but the second half can be found here, alongside several other discussions we’ve had: https://youtu.be/ZBvxZZ9J9XE ] For this conversation, if… Read more
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The Crux of Plausibility
One of the most important concepts to integrate into one’s method of understanding reality, especially in our liminal era of increased uncertainty, is plausibility. Roughly it can be understood as the “likelihood” of a given proposition, and if one wants to get specific an estimated percentage from 1 – 100 can provide a helpful marker.… Read more
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