Should we meditate?
Some meditators may have powerful, perhaps even life-changing experiences. But that does not imply they have uncovered any profound truth which is beyond description.
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Are we in denial?
When we cannot say what would count as a denial of our beliefs, then we are in denial about our own rationality.
ReadShould we talk to ourselves?
We should practise taking the role of the attentive listener and be prepared to talk back to ourselves, and be our own best critical friend.
ReadWhere does motivation come from?
The cult of reason did not prove to be as popular as the Catholicism it displaced. We should not be surprised. Unlike religion, rationality cannot tell us how to live. Reason gives us no reasons to act.
ReadShould you keep your options open?
In the physical sciences, a plethora of theories is often a sign of weakness, an admission that we haven’t yet worked out which is right. In ethical and political thinking, however, I suspect there is no such thing as one, all-encompassing true theory. Different models describe different aspects of the world but none captures them all.
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