The Problems In Discussing The Meaning Of Life
The question "What Is The Meaning of Life?" is fraught with difficulties and blindspots. It's so tempting to overcomplicate it, to oversimplify it, or to blindly rely on others to tell you the answer....
1 Mars 12min
Exploring Personal Meaning: Why Are You Here?
Why are you here? How does personal meaning work? What questions can we ask to get to the core of our personal meaning structure?This is a snippet from my episode "What Is The Meaning Of Life?" from 2...
27 Feb 10min
What is The Meaning of Life?
What is the meaning of life? When we get down to it, why are we here as individuals? Why does life itself exist? What is all this for?I round off this month's theme of deep questions with the mother o...
25 Feb 1h 5min
The Necessity of Self-Other Consciousness
When we deconstruct paradigms like self and other, it's tempting to dismiss it outright. But self-other consciousness serves a clear function, and without it you would be lost. We want not to lose it,...
24 Feb 4min
Self & Other As A Developmental Achievement
You have not always had a sense of self and other: you had to develop it during childhood. It is not a given, but a construct.This also means you can see beyond it and realise it is not the whole stor...
22 Feb 11min
The Standard Paradigm Regarding Other People
We tend to assume that other people are separate from us and have their own, independent experiences.Except these are highly questionable assumptions that we will begin to see through in this snippet ...
19 Feb 8min
Do Other People Exist?
We tend to assume other people are separate and independent from us. But what if this was simply a useful assumption or paradigm, not the be all end all?Do other people exist? My conclusion: well... k...
18 Feb 53min
Deeply Questioning the Materialistic Paradigm
I propose that the materialistic paradigm is deeply flawed.While it is extremely useful and explanatory, it is underpinned by some highly questionable assumptions.In this snippet from last week's epis...
17 Feb 8min
