Human Nature – A Conceptual Framework – III
In 1904, a German mathematics teacher by the name of Mr. von Osten, believed that he had taught…
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Human Nature – A Conceptual Framework – I
The most basic truth about human beings is that we have the capacity for change and development. As…
Classifying Human Experience
We have spent centuries perfecting ways to classify and authenticate physical objects and forces. In order to classify…
Unique Reality and the Unique Self
In the 1940s psychologists Donald Snygg and Arthur W. Combs introduced ‘phenomenal field theory.’ The idea was borrowed…
Self knowledge and Selflessness
True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self. (1) One…
If It Feels Right…
The fact that our intuitive decisions are often strongly biased – even when we don’t realise it –…
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
As human beings we have a need to rationalize our decisions – even when we have no idea…
Thinking About Thinking
Most of us pride ourselves on being rational beings who think before we act. Indeed even the word think suggests…
How Can We Live Together? Part II
The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a game developed in the 1950s as an exercise in game theory and military strategy. The…
How Can We Live Together? – Part I
Just as Newtonian physics has created a mechanistic mind-set which we have applied to human interaction, Darwinism has…