Epistemology

Feels Like a Self But Is It?

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Illusion, Objectivity, Self, Epistemology, Rg Veda, Meditation, Reality, Subjectivity, Identity, Psychology, Apophenia, Mind, Causality, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Consider: "What is distinguishable is not necessarily separable." (1) Just because you see an eddy in a stream it doesn't mean that an eddy is sepa...

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Check Reality Before You Live It

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Potential, Fact, Epistemology, Mindfulness, Perfectionism, Fiction, Reality Check, Realism, Perfection, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Reality-check yourself with the following questions: - How many realities are there right now? One, two, none? - Is there just what is or is there ...

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WYSIWYC

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Certainty, Epistemology, Reality, Dichotomous-Thinking, Syadvada, WYSIWYC, Tentativeness, Truth, Logic, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

The picture of the universe shifts from tongue to tongue. (Stuart Chase) Consider a soap bubble on a sunny day: what color is it? It depends, right?...

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Gravity & Levity of Uncertainty

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Certainty, Uncertainty, Time, Not-Knowing, Epistemology, Knowing, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

As of this writing moment, the Earth's human population is estimated to be 6,841,451,100. All of these 6.8 billion people are in the same exact "now....

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Humility Check: Reality is Never Wrong

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Awe, Not-Knowing, Epistemology, Perfectionism, Knowing, Reality, Frustration, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Say, something happens that you didn't expect. A classic perfectionistic thought pops into your mind: "This wasn't supposed to happen!" You didn't s...

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Epistemology and PMC

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Gao, Afghanistan, Epistemology, Private-Military-Security-Contractors, Geneva Conventions, Defense Contractors, Usaid, Business News
David Isenberg

Epistemology is useful to keep in mind when considering private military and security contractors because so much of what passes for common wisdom is based on assertions instead of facts.

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Lost & Found in a TV-Koan

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Existence, Epistemology, Knowing, Koan, Pattern Formation, Not Knowing, Lost Finale, Search for Meaning, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

There are no facts, only interpretations. (Friedrich Nietzsche) Flashback: Feb. 2010, prior to final season of Lost, I wrote the following 815 words...

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Dogs Crow, Cocks Bark

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taoism, Politics, Metacognition, Fact, Not-Knowing, Epistemology, Knowing, Fiction, Opinion, Dialectics, Mind, Zhuangzi, Pattern Interruption, Politics News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Small Knowledge said: "Ji Zhen holds that the world was not created by anything, and Jiezi holds that it was created by something. Which is correct an...

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Göbekli Tepe Complex of Interpretation

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Semantics, Religion, Fact, Hypothesis-Confirmation Bias, Epistemology, Not-Knowing, Knowing, Fiction, Göbekli Tepe, K. Schmidt, Archeology, Contextualizing, Interpretation, World News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Context It's been said that history is written by victors. What hasn't been said - because it is rather self-evident - is that history is written in ...

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"It Is What It Is" Is the Only Truth, the Rest is Interpretation

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Reality, Nonduality, Judgement, Idealism, Perception, Perfectionism, Epistemology, Tautology, Truth, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

When you and I look at one and the same object of reality, say a hat, and you think it is great looking and I think it's heinous, the only thing that both of us can agree on is that "it is what it is."

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