In the decade of the 1880’s two daringly original thinkers, working on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, both recognized that reality was built upon a foundation of pure experience. One was William James who …
Thinking About Thinking: The Circumstances around us are changing faster than we can
The world and everything in it is changing all the time, and our beliefs about it all must change at least as quickly. Often they don’t. We find ourselves stuck in beliefs whose time has …
Thinking About Thinking: You May Not Be Who You Think You Are
We think we are a “something” — an entity that emerged in the universe on a planet called Earth. Are we really? What is a human being? What am I? Am I my body, my …
Thinking About Thinking: Human Life is a Risk
Every step we take, every action, every choice to do anything is ultimately an act of faith. Most of the time, thankfully, we live with an ongoing sense of certainty. We imagine that the world …