Afraid of Success? Here’s Why.
Success is uncharted territory where you have no idea who you'll become. The fear of success is really fear of…
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Tag: psychology
The psychology of time
Time reveals itself to be the most inconsistent companion. Happiness makes us time-blind, while suffering makes us time-obsessed. Time isn't…
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Moral Responsibility Cascade
If moral responsibility follows causal chains without principled limits, we face what I call the Responsibility Cascade—an exponential explosion of…
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Why Perfect Understanding Is Logically Impossible
The epistemic singularity occurs when perfect knowledge tries to contain itself, creating a logical black hole. This fundamental self-reference paradox…
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The True Meaning of Nothingness
Why the Void We Fear Isn’t What We Think When we examine the meaning of nothingness through Husserl’s lens of temporal consciousness,…
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Why Something Exists – Philosophy’s Mystery
The fundamental question of why something exists presupposes the very reality it questions. We're using existence to explain existence—the ultimate…
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Mind-Brain Identity: The Paradox
The mind brain identity problem questions why mental and brain states seem accidentally connected. This paradox threatens identity theory's foundation.…
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Psychological Freedom
The concept of "could have done otherwise" is neither about alternative worlds nor alternative interpretations, but about the psychological reality…
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psychological continuity
Psychological continuity theory says gradual, overlapping changes in your mental states preserve identity across time. But this raises the puzzle:…
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Foundational Beliefs
Foundational beliefs are the beliefs that need no further justification because they serve as the bedrock for all other justification.…
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