Empathy is often expected to flow from an individual or group that suffers less, or not at all, toward an individual or group that suffers more[1]. This seems intuitive when reading definitions of empathy by many writers and philosophers, who explicitly note that empathy originates from those who do not suffer toward those who do, […]
Category: Philosophy
In moments of polarization, an entire nation can be subjected to a deeply negative perception, one that may lead to—or be accompanied by—atrocities against its people. Edgar Morin understood this well. He refused to reduce post-WWII Germans to the actions of the Nazis, just as he refused to reduce any individual or group to their […]
The word “reality” and the adjective “real” might be among the most widely used terms to describe the whole human experience of the world and the fundamental structure of the world, regardless of our perception of it. But is the pathway where we receive information, process it, and store it within what we know as […]
After reading Daniel Dennett’s greatest book, Consciousness Explained, I conceived the idea of knitting as a metaphor for consciousness. Consciousness can happen in multiple degrees, from a lack of acknowledgement or control to intense experiences that can override any other experience in our brains. We learn some things permanently, notice others with errors in memory […]